Who's Who in Espionage

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In our fast-paced times, espionage has evolved past the furtive taps on shoulders at Oxbridge. But the hush-hush nature of the world’s most secretive industry means that most of us have no idea how it really works. Until now.

Following years of research into the world of intelligence, Christopher Dobson and Ronald Payne have profiled more than 300 spies from the likes of MI5, MI6 and the CIA. From legendary spymaster C to lesser known operatives, like Colonel Z, these stories are too captivating to be taken to the grave. Through telling these spies’ individual stories, they also tell the story of global espionage and how it has changed over the years, from the formal establishment of intelligence services to the challenges modern society and new technologies present to today’s spies.

With a glossary of spy-talk and an appendix exploring the many facets of Cold War intelligence work, Who’s Who in Espionage casts an authoritative light into the shadows and illustrates just how great a change the art of espionage underwent in less than fifty years.

Praise for Who’s Who in Espionage

"Careful, responsible, not at all given to hyperbole, and above all, realistic." Los Angeles Times

“Concise, well-written and well-informed” Spying Game

Christopher Dobson and Ronald Payne have between them more than 40 years of experience as foreign correspondents. During the last 15 years they have covered terrorist activity on four continents for The Sunday Times of London, The Daily Telegraph and other numerous newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. They have also served as consultants on terrorism for ABC and NBC News.