For decades, while America obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now, for the first time, based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them, David Wise tells the full story of China's many victories and defeats in its American spy wars. Two key cases interweave throughout, Katrina Leung, code-named Parlor Maid, worked for the FBI for years, even after she became a secret double agent for China, aided by ...
Read More
For decades, while America obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now, for the first time, based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them, David Wise tells the full story of China's many victories and defeats in its American spy wars. Two key cases interweave throughout, Katrina Leung, code-named Parlor Maid, worked for the FBI for years, even after she became a secret double agent for China, aided by love affairs with both of her FBI handlers. Here, too, is the inside story of the case, code-named Tiger Trap, of a key Chinese-American scientist suspected of stealing nuclear weapons secrets. These two cases led to many others, involving famous names from Wen Ho Lee to Richard Nixon, stunning national security leaks, and sophisticated cyber spying. The story takes us up to the present, with a West Coast spy ring whose members were sentenced in 2010 - but it surely will continue for years to come, as China faces off against America. David Wise's history of China's spy wars in America is packed with astonishing revelations.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Patrick Barry (illustration), and Jon Wise (Author. Very good in Good jacket. [12], 292 pages. Illustrations. DJ has corner wear and tears. Includes Prelude, Author's Note, Notes, and Index. Chapters cover A Thousand Grains of Sand; Parlor Maid; The Recruitment; Double Game; Destroy After Reading; "Holy Shit, Mr. Grove! "; Riding the Tiger: China and the Neutron Bomb; The Walk-in; Kindred Spirit: Wen Ho Lee; Sego Palm; Trouble in Paradise; Ethereal Throne: The Spy Who Never Was; Storm Clouds; The Counterspy; Royal Tourist; Richard Nixon and the Hong Kong Hostess; Anubis; Endgame; Eagle Claw; Red Flower; The Cyberspies; and An Afterword. For decades, while the United States obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government--indeed, all along, China arguably has been America's most formidable spy foe. In this book, David Wise tells the full story of China's many victories and defeats in its U.S. spy wars. David Wise (May 10, 1930-October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975). In 1951, Wise joined the New York Herald-Tribune and became the paper's White House correspondent in 1960. He was chief of the paper's Washington, D.C. bureau from 1963 to 1966. He was a commentator on intelligence issues for CNN for six years. For decades, while America obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now, for the first time, based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them, David Wise tells the full story of China's many victories and defeats in its American spy wars. Two key cases interweave throughout: Katrina Leung, code-named Parlor Maid, worked for the FBI for years, even after she became a secret double agent for China, aided by love affairs with both of her FBI handlers. Here, too, is the inside story of the case, code-named Tiger Trap, of a key Chinese-American scientist suspected of stealing nuclear weapons secrets. These two cases led to many others, involving famous names from Wen Ho Lee to Richard Nixon, stunning national security leaks, and sophisticated cyberspying. The story takes us up to the present, with a West Coast spy ring whose members were sentenced in 2010.
