My Experiences as a Counter Intelligence Agent of the United States Army in World War II
Author: William Sprott Boyd
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
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Case by Case
Author: Ib Melchior
Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA chronicle of Melchior's hair-raising escapades as an agent for the OSS and the U.S. Army in World War II.
Counterspy
Author: Richard W. Cutler
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1612342892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, Richard W. Cutler was an officer with the elite X-2 counterintelligence branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and with its successor, the Strategic Services Unit (SSU). Counterspy offers a rare firsthand account of the secret war against Hitler and the postwar competition with the Soviets for German intelligence assets.While with X-2, Cutler analyzed the super-secret Ultra intercepts and vetted agents about to be sent into Nazi Germany. Cutler provides an insightful overview of OSS operations during the war and their contribution to the Alliesa victory. This is also one of the few books to describe the role of the OSS and the SSU in the postwar occupation of Germany. Cutleras first job after the German surrender was to vet all of Allen Dullesas wartime sources inside Germany, who were aptly nicknamed the Crown Jewels. Just as the OSS was reorganized into the SSU, Cutler moved to Berlin, where his first task was to collect intelligence from former Nazis. Soon he became chief of counterespionage in Berlin. Soviet intelligence had already begun recruiting former German intelligence officers to spy on Americans, so Cutleras top priority was to uncover Soviet objectives and either neutralize or double their agents. Cutler reveals previously unpublished case histories of double agents against Soviet intelligence and details agentsa recruitment, missions, methods of operation, successes and failures, and fates. All of these events are recounted against the fascinating background of postwar Germany. He provides a vivid picture of the mood of the German people, how they rationalized war guilt, and how they coped with the devastation throughout the country. With photographs and a foreword by bestselling author Joseph E. Persico (Rooseveltas Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage), Counterspy is a unique account of espionage during the momentous years of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War."
Counterspy Mission in World War II
Author: Bradley W. Vaughan
Publisher: Professional Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781880365571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eye-opening first person narrative of counter intelligence experiences related with the eloquence & well researched materials to verify Vaughan's factual account. American military brass were frequently hostile to the wartime effort according to Vaughan, who pulls no punches in his savage & often gripping account of day-to-day intelligence operations. Vaughan spells out the sordid details with agonizing credibility. All too often, security was second to one's military career. Vaughan & his colleagues spent days shadowing General Dwight Eisenhower & his staff due to a potential breach in military security. He describes the drudgery & grueling man-hours to maintain security while being continually discouraged by many of the officers he was trying to protect. Vaughan manages to capture the essence of dogged professionals coping with unsympathetic commanders & insensitive bureaucracy. COUNTERSPY MISSION is more than an assemblage of recollections. It is a gripping & graphic account of 'gumshoe' intelligence presented with all its warts, & with all its success & failures during World War II. Order from: Vaughan Publications, 9215 South Heather, Tempe, AZ 85284.
Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence
Author: Nigel West
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2007-11-12
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0810864215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies. In Germany it was the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst; in Britain it was MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE); in the United States it was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); in Japan it was the Kempet'ai; and in Italy the Servicio di Informazione Militare (SIM). Sixty years after World War II secrets are still being revealed about the covert activities that took place. Many countries had secret agencies maintaining covert operations, but even ostensibly neutral countries also conducted secret operations. Changes in American, British, and even Soviet official attitudes to declassification in the 1980s allowed thousands of secret documents to be made available for public examination, and the result was extensive revisionism of the conventional histories of the conflict, which previously had excluded references to secret intelligence sources. The Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence tells the emerging history of the intelligence world during World War II. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the secret agencies, operations, and events. The world of double agents, spies, and moles during WWII is explained in the most comprehensive reference currently available.
Secrets of the Cold War
Author: Leland C. McCaslin
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1906033919
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the espionage files, an American soldier is nearly recruited in a downtown bar to be a spy and a First Sergeant is lured by sex to be an unknowing participant in spying. Behind-the-lines images are historic and intriguing. See photographs of a French officer and a Soviet officer relaxing in the East German woods in a temporary unofficial peace; 'James Bond' type cars with their light tricks and their ability to leave their Stasi shadows 'wheel spinning' in the snow will amaze readers. A Russian translator for the presidential hotline recounts a story about having to lock his doors in the Pentagon, separating himself and his sergeant from the Pentagon Generals when a message comes in from the Soviets. When he called the White House to relay the message to the President and stood by for a possible reply to the Soviet Chairman, he stopped working for the Generals and started working solely for the President.
America's Secret Army
Author: Ian Sayer
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780531150979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the activities of the Army's spycatching unit from the early days of World War II to the Cold War era, when it was merged with the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps
The Code of Trust
Author: Robin Dreeke
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017-08-08
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1250093473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA counterintelligence expert shows readers how to use trust to achieve anything in business and in life. Robin Dreeke is a 28-year veteran of federal service, including the United States Naval Academy, United States Marine Corps. He served most recently as a senior agent in the FBI, with 20 years of experience. He was, until recently, the head of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, where his primary mission was to thwart the efforts of foreign spies, and to recruit American spies. His core approach in this mission was to inspire reasonable, well-founded trust among people who could provide valuable information. The Code of Trust is based on the system Dreeke devised, tested, and implemented during years of field work at the highest levels of national security. Applying his system first to himself, he rose up through federal law enforcement, and then taught his system to law enforcement and military officials throughout the country, and later to private sector clients. The Code of Trust has since elevated executives to leadership, and changed the culture of entire companies, making them happier and more productive, as morale soared. Inspiring trust is not a trick, nor is it an arcane art. It’s an important, character-building endeavor that requires only a sincere desire to be helpful and sensitive, and the ambition to be more successful at work and at home. The Code of Trust is based on 5 simple principles: 1) Suspend Your Ego 2) Be Nonjudgmental 3) Honor Reason 4) Validate Others 5) Be Generous To be successful with this system, a reader needs only the willingness to spend eight to ten hours learning a method of trust-building that took Robin Dreeke almost a lifetime to create.
America's Secret Army
Author: Ian Sayer
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 440
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Author: Chris McNab
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2024-01-31
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1636243851
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"...a comprehensive reprint of the Intelligence doctrine that supported the American drive to victory on numerous fronts against a wide range of enemies and environments. It is worth the read to reinforce the basics of what we still do today." — The Vanguard: Journal of the Military Intelligence Corps Association On December 7, 1941, an imperial Japanese carrier strike force attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, taking advantage of what was one of the most profound intelligence failures in US history. Galvanized into action, the branches of the U.S. military subsequently developed one of the greatest, albeit imperfect, intelligence-gathering and analysis networks of the combatant nations, opening an invaluable window onto the intentions of their enemies. The picture of U.S. military intelligence during World War II is a complex one. It was divided between the fields of signal intelligence (SIGINT) and human intelligence (HUMINT), combat intelligence and War Department intelligence, and between numerous different organizations, including the Military Intelligence Division (MID), Military Intelligence Service (MIS), the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the many intelligence units organic to Army, Navy, Army Air Forces, and Marine Corps. The documents collected in this book reveal the theoretical and practical principles behind wartime intelligence gathering and analysis, from the frontline intelligence officer to the Washington-based code-breaker. They explain fundamentals such as how to observe and record enemy activity and intercept enemy radio traffic, through to specialist activities such as cryptanalysis, photoreconnaissance, prisoner interrogation, and undercover agent operations. The painstaking work of an intelligence operator required a sharp, attentive mind, whether working behind a desk or under fire on the frontlines. The outputs from these men and women could ultimately make the difference between victory and defeat in battle.
