Foreign Intelligence

A fascinating journey behind the scenes of intelligence work without overloading you with technical terms: authentic stories of recruitment, atomic espionage, and famous illegal agents read like a fast-paced thriller and reveal the secret of operations that influenced the course of world history.

What distinguishes legal intelligence from illegal? How are agents really recruited, and what lies behind the word “residency” [резидентура]? How can one person living under a false name change the balance of power during the height of the “Cold War”?

This book is your ticket to the closed world of special services. No dry theory—just clear language and real stories that are hard to put down.

“The Cambridge Five,” the hunt for atomic secrets, 20th-century cyberespionage—this all happened for real. You will learn about illegal agents who obtained information about the atomic bomb, and about intelligence officers-liquboидаторы who eliminated Nazi criminals. The world of covert operations is right around the corner.