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To Catch a Spy
- The Art of Counterintelligence
- De: James M. Olson
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 239
In To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence, offers a wake-up call for the American public and also a guide for how our country can do a better job of protecting its national security and trade secrets. Olson takes the listener into the arcane world of counterintelligence as he lived it during his 30-year career in the CIA.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible Narrator
- De NN en 10-01-19
- To Catch a Spy
- The Art of Counterintelligence
- De: James M. Olson
- Narrado por: John McLain
A Good History of CI but a Little Too Repetitive
Revisado: 01-15-24
I think Olsen provided a good history of counterespionage in the Cold War and modern era, but he was a little too repetitive at times with pronouncements of what's good and bad tradecraft. A good editor would have made these passages more concise after introducing his general views about tradecraft, or could have reorganized the cases to fit under common themes. Additionally, Olsen could have devoted fewer sentences to expressing his disgust with traitors. We all agree that they are bad, no need to waste the reader's time with those assertions. So to sum up my review, Olsen wrote a good history of CI but should have made it more concise.
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The Siege of Mecca
- The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine & the Birth of Al-Qaeda
- De: Yaroslav Trofimov
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning, the first of a new Muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"The Siege" - A Review
- De Mitch Emswiller en 05-31-08
- The Siege of Mecca
- The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine & the Birth of Al-Qaeda
- De: Yaroslav Trofimov
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
Concise and Revealing
Revisado: 09-04-14
What did you like best about this story?
The book gives the reader a detailed account of how the incident transpired, and it gives the reader a sense of its impact on world affairs in a way that relates directly to the issues that the world currently faces. Unbeknownst to many people, the event greatly impacted how the United States was perceived by many in the Islamic world.
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