Opinions Throughout History: Spies & Espionage

Secret CIA experiments on mind control?  Hidden arms deals that contribute to civil wars? Bad intelligence feeding into massive military operations? The history of American espionage is filled with strange but true stories of how the use of spycraft has shaped the world and America’s place in it. This volume of Opinions Throughout History looks at the development of the American intelligence industry, from the spy rings of the American revolution to the formation of the first federal espionage agencies in the twentieth century, to the development of modern concepts of intelligence through various NSA controversies and the debate over domestic and international whistleblowers. Readers will also examine the question of how espionage contributes to American national security and whether or not this has been worth the cost.