Spy sites of New York City : a guide to the region's secret history /
Through every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secrets are created, stolen and passed through clandestine meetings and covert communications. Some spies do their work and escape, while others are compromised, imprisoned, and a few exec...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Through every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secrets are created, stolen and passed through clandestine meetings and covert communications. Some spies do their work and escape, while others are compromised, imprisoned, and a few executed. Spy Sites of New York City takes you inside this shadowy world and reveals the places where it all happened. In 233 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. The cases and sites follow espionage history from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, to the rise of communism and fascism in the twentieth century, to Russian sleeper agents in the twenty-first century. The spy sites are not only in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, but also on Long Island and in New Jersey. Maps and 380 photographs allow readers to follow in the footsteps of moles and sleuths, understand the tradecraft used and trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of New York City is a must-have guidebook to the espionage history of the Big Apple. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 380 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626167094 1626167095 |