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The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage by Frederick Hitz (Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375412107
ISBN-13
9780375412103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5963591
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great Game : the Myth and Reality of Espionage
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Mystery & Detective, Intelligence & Espionage, Modern / 20th Century
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-054507
Reviews
"A lucid overview of 20th-century espionage that says more about the great game as it was played by Americans and their allies and adversaries than just about anything else ever published." The Washington Post Book World "Absorbing . . . A hit for the avid spy-fiction reader. . . . A can't miss for Clancy fans." --Detroit Free Press "Hitz . . . shows [that] nothing is certain in the shadow world of spies and betrayals, not even the truth." --The New York Times "Hitz is at his best when he reveals juicy details of intelligence lapses. . . . He has genuine insight into the inner workings of intelligence bureaucracy." --San Francisco Chronicle "A good read and good fun and quite informative. . . . By weaving together reality and image, the author provides insights into espionage unlikely to be obtained elsewhere." James Schlesinger, former secretary of defense and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency "A delightful little jewel of a book. . . . A steady stream of insdier's reflections, including details regarding American traitors, makes this not only a smooth and entertaining read, but a handy reference work." The Roanoke Times "Hitz is a strong researcher who can turn a nifty phrase. . . . Enjoyable and useful." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Informative and entertaining." Publishers Weekly "Perfect for spy-story fans who crave an insider's assessment of the reality behind the enetertainment." Booklist "A slender but richand quite entertainingintroduction to the shadowy world of spy vs. spy. . . . A perfect companion for fans of John le Carr'." Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the Trade Paperback edition.
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
823/.087209
Synopsis
In this fascinating analysis, Frederick Hitz, former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, contrasts the writings of well-known authors of spy novels-classic and popular-with real-life espionage cases. Drawing on personal experience both as a participant in "the Great Game" and as the first presidentially appointed inspector general, Hitz shows the remarkable degree to which truth is stranger than fiction. The vivid cast of characters includes real life spies Pyotr Popov and Oleg Penkovsky from Soviet military intelligence; Kim Philby, the infamous Soviet spy; Aldrich Ames, the most damaging CIA spy to American interests in the Cold War; and Duane Clarridge, a CIA career operations officer. They are held up against such legendary genre spies as Bill Haydon (le Carré's mole inTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Magnus Pym (in le Carré'sA Perfect Spy), Tom Rogers (in David Ignatius'sAgents of Innocence), and Maurice Castle (in Graham Greene'sThe Human Factor). As Hitz skillfully weaves examples from a wide range of espionage activities-from covert action to counterintelligence to classic agent operations-we see that the actual is often more compelling than the imaginary, and that real spy case histories present moral and other questions far more pointedly than fiction. A lively account of espionage, spy tradecraft, and, most of all, the human dilemmas of betrayal, manipulation, and deceit.
LC Classification Number
PR830.S65H57 2004
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