Nothing is beyond our reach : America's techno-spy empire /
"Ever since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried chemical means to pry open the human mind. The United States increasingly has covered t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Georgetown University Press,
[2023]
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| Summary: | "Ever since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried chemical means to pry open the human mind. The United States increasingly has covered the globe with planes, satellites, drones, electronics, tunnels, and submarines all in the service of intelligence. Hard targets meant that American intelligence could not entirely rely on human spies, but it was more than that. Nothing is Beyond Our Reach reveals how America's love-affair with technology has led to its dependence on machines in intelligence collection and how this has almost inadvertently created a global surveillance empire. In a lively and engaging narrative, author Kristie Macrakis tells this story of how intelligence has changed from American technophilia and what its implications will be"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 259 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781647123239 1647123232 |