Military & Espionage in the News

Links

• Jane’s Defence News defence.janes.com

  This site features analysis of military and intelligence activity around the world.

• Global Security globalsecurity.org

  Read the latest news in the fields of defense, satellite surveillance, intelligence, and homeland security.

• Central Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov

  The CIA’s “World Factbook” provides data on governments, history, and more for over 260 countries and other entities.

• National Security Agency www.nsa.gov

  Take a virtual tour of the National Cryptological Museum and learn about the NSA’s mission and initiatives.

• Federal Bureau of Investigation www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm

  Submit a crime tip, check out the “Most Wanted” list, and learn about crime prevention programs in your community.

• National Reconnaissance Office www.nro.gov

  See declassified photos from Corona, the first photoreconnaissance satellite system in the U.S.

• Defense Advance Research Projects Agency www.darpa.mil

  DARPA, which helped to develop the F-117 Stealth Fighter, is dedicated to maintaining U.S. technological superiority.

• Clandestine Women: Spies in American History www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/spies/1.htm

  Women have played a role in espionage in American conflicts dating back to the Civil War.

• The U-boat Archive www.uboatarchive.net

  Explore records and photographs of the battle between Germany’s U-boats and Allied anti-submarine forces during WWII.

Books

• The Great War and Modern Memory

  by Paul Fussell

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

  by William L. Shirer

• The Making of the Atomic Bomb

  by Richard Rhodes

• The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

  by David E. Hoffman

• The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

  by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

• Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

  by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton

• The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

  by James Bamford

• Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

  by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad

• Spy Satellites and Other Intelligence Technologies That Changed History

  by Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith Hansen

• Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

  by P.W. Singer

• The New Face of War: How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century

  by Bruce D. Berkowitz

• My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy

  by Kim Philby

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