In this the first book ever written about the CIAas Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIAas most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensionsa including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the current War on Terrorathe authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the publicaand featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakesaSpycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.
