Chinese Communist Espionage
An Intelligence Primer
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This is the first work of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations. It profiles the leaders, top spies, and important operations in the history of China's espionage organs and links to an extensive online glossary of Chinese language intelligence and security terms. Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil present an unprecedented look into the murky world of Chinese espionage both past and present, enabling a better understanding of how pervasive and important its influence is, both in China and abroad.
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In White Malice, Susan Williams unearths the covert operations pursued by the CIA from Ghana to the Congo to the UN in an effort to frustrate and deny Africa’s new generation of nationalist leaders. This dramatically upends the conventional belief that the African nations failed to establish effective, democratic states on their own accord. As the old European powers moved out, the US moved in.
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A very good read.
- By Amazon Customer on 11-20-22
By: Susan Williams
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The Sorrows of Empire
- Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
- By: Chalmers Johnson
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Recalling the classic warnings against militarism, from George Washington's farewell address to Dwight Eisenhower's denunciation of the military-industrial complex, Johnson explores the trend of militarism that is bankrupting the United States and creating conditions for a new century of virulent blowback.
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A must read.
- By Thomas on 02-07-15
By: Chalmers Johnson
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The Iran Wars
- Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East
- By: Jay Solomon
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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The Iran Wars is an absorbing account of a battle waged on many levels - military, financial, and covert. Jay Solomon’s book is the product of extensive in-depth reporting and interviews with all the key players in the conflict - from high-ranking Iranian officials to Secretary of State John Kerry and his negotiating team. With a reporter’s masterly investigative eye and the narrative dexterity of a great historian, Solomon shows how Iran’s nuclear development went unnoticed for years by the international community only to become its top security concern.
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Titled Towards Confrontation
- By Jim on 03-19-17
By: Jay Solomon
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Harpoon
- Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters
- By: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations - an effort that became the blueprint for US efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on terror overlooked financial warfare as an offensive strategy. "Harpoon", the creation of Mossad legend Meir Dagan, directed spies, soldiers, and attorneys to disrupt and destroy money pipelines and financial institutions that paid for the bloodshed.
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Riveting!!!
- By Treavor on 12-11-17
By: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, and others
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Ghost Wars
- The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
- By: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
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The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan. With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998.
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An Exceptional Accomplishment
- By Joe on 11-08-13
By: Steve Coll
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The Way of the Knife
- The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
- By: Mark Mazzetti
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Mazzetti examines secret wars over the past decade, tracking key characters from the intelligence and military communities across the world. Among the characters we meet in The Way of the Knife are a young CIA officer dropped into the tribal areas to learn the hard way how the spy games in Pakistan are played; an Air Force test pilot who fired the first drone missile in the Nevada desert; and a chain-smoking Pentagon official who ran an off-the-books spying operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Excellent critique of covert operations
- By Keefer on 04-27-13
By: Mark Mazzetti
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Your Government Failed You
- Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
- By: Richard A. Clarke
- Narrated by: Richard A. Clarke
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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In Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists. But Clarke goes beyond terrorism to examine the recurring U.S. government disasters. Despite the lessons of Vietnam, we've gotten involved in Iraq. Drawing on his 30 years in the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Intelligence Community, Clarke discovers patterns in the failure and suggests ways to stop the cycle.
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Stellar Criticism
- By Tim on 04-01-09
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Twilight Warriors
- The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War
- By: James Kitfield
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
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In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.
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South African Perspectives
- By Bernard Remacle on 03-22-17
By: James Kitfield
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In the Graveyard of Empires
- America’s War in Afghanistan
- By: Seth G. Jones
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Following September 11, the United States successfully overthrew the Taliban regime. It established security throughout the country, and Afghanistan finally began to emerge from more than two decades of conflict. But Jones argues that, as early as 2001, planning for the Iraq War siphoned off resources and talented personnel, undermining the gains that had been made. After eight years, the United States had pushed al-Qaeda’s headquarters about one hundred miles across the border into Pakistan.
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Interesting Book but- Worst Narrator Ever
- By Mark C on 01-08-11
By: Seth G. Jones
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- Richard E. Poulin Jr.
- 09-11-21
INTERESTING
The big takeaway is the extent of espionage engaged by China against the entire world!
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- Cicerus Albius
- 09-23-22
Factual useful digestible
it's fine to read parts out of sequence and jump back and forth. A good companion to any history of communist china or biography of CCP figures.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-20-21
Unrelenting Mangled Chinese Listening Unbearable
One would think that if you're writing a book targeting people working in or with China, you would find a narrator who understands at least the basics of Chinese Pinyin pronunciation. They even mention that they have included all the Chinese terms in their Chinese AND Pinyin forms in the book as well as having a downloadable glossary. The glossary is not full Pinyin - all tone markers are missing and the faux Chinese accent used to render Chinese names, place names, organisations and key events is cringeworthy at the least and may even cross the line of offensive. Never before have I heard a foreign language mangled with such certainty.
Whoever did the voice casting for this should probably reconsider some of their life choices and consider shifting careers. Perhaps American hubris thinking that near enough is good enough when it comes to 'foreign stuff'.
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- Janessa Keeling
- 03-24-21
More like an encyclopedia than anything
Would recommend the economic chapter and the last summary chapter. Everything else reads more like encyclopedia entries.
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- Amy B.
- 08-27-21
Excellent reference guide.
High overall marks for scholarship. Otherwise not particularly riveting, and the narration is pretty rough.
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- JD
- 12-25-21
CCP Espionage Explained
Memorable explanation of CCP Espionage and Counter espionage organs with a detailed historical background as it relates to techniques and intent. Short but detailed vignettes outlining criminally prosecuted cases.
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- fjness
- 11-11-21
Best as a hard copy
lots of facts and figures but lacking the narrative. Very useful as a reference but better in text form.
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- Jie Liu
- 08-24-23
Interesting topic but very hard to listen to as an audiobook
It’s very hard to understand who the narrator is talking about because his pronunciation of Chinese names and words in general was so off.
The topic is a very interesting one though, and probably would make more sense when read instead of listened to.
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- Andrew
- 09-20-24
Good Information, Terrible Chinese
Extremely distracting horrible pronunciation of Chinese, which made it very difficult to go look up persons and events of further research interests.
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- Joe
- 01-24-24
Good info, painful delivery
The information in this book is solid but I recommend getting it in print instead. The narrator does not speak Chinese and pronounces the Chinese words in the book (of which there are many) terribly. If you don't speak Chinese, you most likely won't notice and won't mind, but for those of us who do, skip the audiobook.
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