Author: Jeffery T. Richelson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: century, twentieth, spies, intelligence
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 1997-07-17
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 019511390X
ISBN-13: 9780195113907

Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivaled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today’s post-Cold War world, offering an unsurpassed overview of the role of modern intelligence in every part of the globe. From spies and secret agents to the latest high-tech wizardry in signals and imagery surveillance, it provides fascinating, in-depth coverage of the important operations of Uni

Authors:Hildy Richelson, Stan Richelson,  John Brynjol
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: investment, growth, secure, path, unbeaten, bonds
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-08-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1576602435
ISBN-13: 9781576602430

In "Bonds: The Unbeaten Path to Secure Investment Growth", two veteran investors expose the myth of stocks’ superior investment returns and propose an all-bond portfolio as a sure-footed strategy that can ensure results. The book, an expanded and updated version of "The Money-Making Guide to Bonds", is designed to educate novice and sophisticated investors alike and serve as a tool for financial advisers as well. It explains why bonds can be the right choice and how to use them to achieve financial goals. It presents a broad spectrum of bond-investment options, describes how to purchase

Author: Jeffrey T Richelson
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: fourth, community, intelligence
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 1999-02-04
List price: $57.00
ISBN-10: 0813368936
ISBN-13: 9780813368931

This book provides a detailed overview of America’s vast intelligence empire-its organizations, its operations (from spies on the ground to satellites thousands of miles in space), and its management structure. Relying on a multitude of sources, including hundreds of official documents, it provides an up-to-date picture of the U.S. intelligence community that will provide support to policymakers and military operations into the next century.

Author: Jeffrey T. Richelson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: nuclear, bomb, squad, secret, america, armageddon, inside, nest, defusing
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2009-02-02
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0393065154
ISBN-13: 9780393065152

The first in-depth examination of NEST: America’s super-secret government agency operating to prevent nuclear terrorist attacks. Jeffrey T. Richelson reveals the history of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, from the events leading to its creation in 1974 to today. Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST’s personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment--employed in response to attempts at nuclear extortion, lost and stolen nucle

Author: Jeffrey T. Richelson
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Keywords: national, security, satellites, dsp, space, sentinels, america
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2001-04
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0700610960
ISBN-13: 9780700610969

During much of the Cold War, America’s first line of defense was in outer space: a network of secret satellites that could provide instant warning of an enemy missile launch. The presence of these infrared sensors orbiting 22,000 miles above the earth discouraged a Soviet first strike and stabilized international relations between the superpowers, and they now play a crucial role in monitoring the missile programs of China, India, and other emerging nuclear powers. Jeffrey Richelson has written the first comprehensive history of this vital program, tracing its evolution from the late 195

Authors:Joel Cardis, Sam Kirschner, Stan Richelson, Jason Kir
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: investors, practitioners, entrepreneurs, guide, capital, definitive, venture
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2001-09-14
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0471398136
ISBN-13: 9780471398134

"Entrepreneurship is the beachhead of corporate America. If you want to join the business marines, you must read this book."—Robert Keith, Managing General Partner T. L. Ventures "An extremely readable and useful guide to tackling the venture capital world. This book gives the entrepreneur tremendous insight into what to do and, most importantly, what not to do."—Ash Lilani Senior Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank "Finally! A practical, hands-on guide to raising venture capital. This step-by-step handbook gives an entrepreneur a clear, real-world roadmap to the world of the fun

Authors:Jeffery Deaver, Jeffery Deaver, Otto Penzler,
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: stories, mystery, american
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-10-08
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0547237502
ISBN-13: 9780547237503

Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre’s finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist).