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@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex
Cyber, Military & Technical Intelligence
Shane Harris (2012)
88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Robert L. Grenier (2015)
A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country
Espionage
Benjamin Weiser (2005)
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Ben Macintyre (2014)
A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen―America’s Most Damaging Russian Spy
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Lis Wiehl (2023)
American Spies: Espionage Against the United State from the Cold War to the Present
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Michael Sulick (2013)
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA
Recent History and Counterterrorism
George Tenet (2007)
Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
History
Stephen Budiansky (2000)
Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation
Counterintelligence & Ethics, Espionage
Steve Vogel (2020)
Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Tim Naftali (2005)
Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11
Structure, Reform & Oversight
Michael Allen (2013)
Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Covert Action
George Crile (2003)
Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Sandra V. Grimes and Estate of Jeanne Vertefeuille (2013)
Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era
History
Lauren Kessler (2003)
Cloak and Gown: Scholars in America’s Secret War
History
Robin W. Winks (1987)
Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton : The CIA’s Master Spy Hunter
Counterintelligence & Ethics, Espionage
Tom Mangold (1992)
Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
Recent History and Counterterrorism
John Rizzo (2014)
Confessions of a Spy: The Real Story of Aldrich Ames
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Pete Earley (1997)
Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and the Surprising Use of American Power
Covert Action
David E. Sanger (2012)
Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Bob Drogin (2007)
Damascus Station: A Novel
Fiction
David McCloskey (2022)
Dead Drop: The True Story of Oleg Penkovsky and the Cold War’s Most Dangerous Operation
Espionage
Jeremy Duns (2013)
Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI-5
Foreign Services
Christopher Andrew (2009)
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Ben Macintyre (2012)
Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security
Intelligence Failure and Analysis
Richard K. Betts (2007)
Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence
Recent History and Counterterrorism
James Clapper and Trey Brown (2018)
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
James Olson (2006)
Fallout: The True Story of the CIA’s Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking
Covert Action
Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz (2014)
Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century
Espionage
Sergei Kostin & Eric Raynaud (2011)
First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Toby Harnden (2022)
Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC
Structure, Reform & Oversight
Amy Zegart (1999)
For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush
History
Christopher Andrew (1995)
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Covert Action, Recent History and Counterterrorism
Steve Coll (2011)
Honorable Treachery: A History of U.S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA
History
G. J. A. O’Toole (2014)
How the Cold War Began: The Igor Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies
History
Amy Knight (2006)
Intelligence and National Security in American Society
Structure, Reform & Oversight
LBJ Policy Research Project, Report #189 (2016)
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges
General
Roger Z. George and Robert D. Kline (2006)
Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, 7th Edition
General
Mark Lowenthal (2016)
KGB: The Inside Story of its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev
Foreign Services
Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky (1991)
Mole – The True Story of the First Russian Spy to Become an American Counterspy
Counterintelligence & Ethics, Espionage
William Hood (1993)
Moscow X: A Novel
Fiction
David McCloskey (2023)
Palace of Treason: A Novel
Fiction
Jason Matthews (2017)
Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision
Intelligence Failure and Analysis
Roberta Wohlstetter (1962)
Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case
History
Allen Weinstein (2013)
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Michael V. Hayden (2016)
Red Sparrow: A Novel
Fiction
Jason Matthews (2014)
Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin’s Spies
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Gordon Corera (2021)
Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency
Covert Action
Stephen F. Knott (1996)
Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence
General
Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt (2002)
Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars, 2nd Edition
Foreign Services
Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman (2014)
Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Kenneth A. Daigler (2014)
Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
Counterintelligence & Ethics, Espionage
Calder Walton (2023)
Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Marc Favreau (2021)
Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Tennent H. Bagley (2007)
Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States
Structure, Reform & Oversight
Loch K. Johnson (2017)
Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Michael Sulick (2012)
STASI: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police
Foreign Services
John O. Koehler (1999)
Terror and Consent: The Wars of the Twenty-first Century
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Phillip Bobbitt (2009)
The 9/11 Commission Report
Structure, Reform & Oversight
Commission Members and Staff (2004)
The Admirals’ Advantage: U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War
Cyber, Military & Technical Intelligence
Christopher Ford and David Rosenberg (2005)
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Henry A. Crumpton (2012)
The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in the Age of Lies
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Michael V. Hayden (2018)
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
David E. Hoffman (2015)
The Book of Honor : The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives
History
Ted Gup (2001)
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
History
Frances Stoner Saunders (2013)
The File: A Personal History
Foreign Services
Timothy Garton Ash (1997)
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Kai Bird (2014)
The Great Game: The Myths and Reality of Espionage
General
Fred Hitz (2007)
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism — From Al Qa’ida to ISIS
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Michael Morrell and Bill Harlow (2015)
The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America – The Stalin Era
History
Allen Weinstein (2000)
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaida and the Road to 9/11
Recent History and Counterterrorism
Lawrence Wright (2007)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
History
Richard Rhodes (2012)
The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama
History
David Priess (2016)
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
Intelligence Failure and Analysis
Richards J. Heuer, Jr. (2007)
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War
History
Scott Anderson (2021)
The Secret History of MI-6
Foreign Services
Keith Jeffrey (2010)
The Seventh Floor: A Novel
Fiction
David McCloskey (2024)
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t
Intelligence Failure and Analysis
Nate Silver (2012)
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Ben Macintyre (2019)
The Spy’s Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia
Espionage, Counterintelligence & Ethics
Bryan Denson (2016)
The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
History
Chris Whipple (2021)
The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
Foreign Services
Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin (1999)
The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA
History
Evan Thomas (2006)
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987
Covert Action
Bob Woodward (1987)
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
History
Sam Tanenhaus (1998)
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
Intelligence Failure and Analysis
Robert Jervis (2010)
Wilderness of Mirrors: Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War’s Most Important Agents
Counterintelligence & Ethics, Espionage
David Martin (2018)
Witness
History
Whittaker Chambers (2014)