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""""In this accessibly written book, Washington author Joseph C. Goulden illuminates and defines much of the standard jargon of the intelligence community with refreshing asides about many of spying's urban legends."""" - The Washington Times What's a black bag job, a dead-letter drop, a honey trap? Who invented the microdot, and why do they call Green Berets """"snake-eaters""""? More than just an alphabetical series of definitions, this volume offers a fascinating insider's view of the lingo and operations of the CIA and the FBI, MI5 and MI6, Mossad, the KGB, and other top-secret organisations.A compelling overview of the world of espionage from World War II to the present, this reference was assembled by a former intelligence operative. Loaded with anecdotal incidents that provide entertainment as well as information, it offers page-turning excitement from the clandestine world of spies and spying. A new Foreword by Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, presents up-to-date insights.

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This book was originally published under a pseudonym; this new edition will feature the author's real name, Joseph Goulden. The former newspaperman and the author of several bestselling works of nonfiction, he served as a counterintelligence operative.

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