SPYING FOR AMERICA
The Hidden History of U.S. Intelligence
by Nathan Miller
Spying For America is a pioneering attempt to provide an unbiased, overall account of the history of American intelligence
that places this modern phenomenon within the context of two centuries of national
history. Written by Nathan Miller, who, along with John Loftus, was the
first investigative journalist to reveal (in The Belarus Secret)
that American intelligence agencies had secretly recruited ex-Nazi collaborators
during the Cold War and then smuggled them into the United States, Spying
For America focuses on individual men and women - those who directed
and carried out American intelligence operations, and some of those who
were their "adversaries in the the shadows."
Miller traces the growth of the American intelligence
apparatus back to the Revolutionary War, and makes many cogent observations
during his astute examination of the history of American spying, including:
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The professionalism of America's military and diplomatic establishments
has been matched by a similar trend in intelligence operations, but remnants
of the older "derring-do" tradition persist to this day, not always to
our nation's advantage.
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The growth of intelligence operations in size and influence has been matched
by a tendency to become involved in areas that are morally and legally
murky.
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With a secret apparatus in place, high officials are all too tempted to
use it as a shortcut in dealing with both domestic and international problems.
Written without the official cooperation or blessing
of the American intelligence community, but with the assistance of some
of its former members, Spying For America is a fair-minded,
comprehensive narrative that masterfully unravels America's tapestry of
espionage, and reads better than most spy novels!
1997, 6 x 9, 491 pp, illustrated, indexed,
soft cover.
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