The Great Game: The Myths and Reality of Espionage
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hitz, Frederick Porter, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books USA, In this riveting insider's account, a former inspector general of ong>theong> CIA compares actual espionage cases and practices with classic and popular spy fiction, showing that ong>theong> real world of espionage is nearly always stranger and more complicated than even ong>theong> best spy fiction. Exploring everything from tradecraft and recruitment to bureaucracy and betrayal, ong>Theong> Great ong>Gameong> contrasts fictional spies created by such authors as John Le Carr?, Tom Clancy and Joseph Conrad with ong>theong>ir real-life counterparts from Kim Philby to Aldrich Ames. Drawing on his thirty year career with ong>theong> CIA, Frederick P. Hitz shows that even ong>theong> most imaginative authors fail to capture ong>theong> profound human dilemmas raised by real-life cases. Engaging and insightful, ong>Theong> Great ong>Gameong>" "shines a fascinating light on ong>theong> veiled history of intelligence.