A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies.

In two volumes, Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operation: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage ranges across history to provide a comprehensive, thoroughly up-to-date introduction to spying in the United States-why it is done, who does it (both for and against the United States), how it is done, and what its ultimate impact has been.



The encyclopedia includes hundreds of entries in chronologically organized sections that cover espionage by and within the United States from colonial times to the 21st century. Entries cover key individuals, technologies, and events in the history of American espionage. Volume two offers overviews of important agencies in the American intelligence community and intelligence organizations in other nations (both allies and adversaries), plus details of spy trade techniques, and a concluding section on the portrayal of espionage in literature and film. The result is a cornerstone resource that moves beyond the Cold War-centric focus of other works on the subject to offer an authoritative contemporary look at American espionage efforts past and present.









Includes over 750 entries in chronologically organized sections, covering important spies, spying technologies, and events



Written by an expert team of contributing scholars from a variety of fields within history and political science



Provides a chronology of key events related to the use of espionage by the United States or by enemies within our borders



A glossary of key espionage terms



An extensive bibliography of print and electronic resources for further reading



Photos of key individuals plus maps of geographical locations and military engagements where espionage played an important role