{"product_id":"honorable-treachery-a-history-of-u-s-intelligence-espionage-and-covert-action-from-the-american-revolution-to-the-cia-9780802123282","title":"Honorable Treachery: A History of U. S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): G. J. A. O'Toole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeign policy in peacetime and command decision in war have always been driven by intelligence, and yet this subject has often been overlooked in standard histories. \u003ci\u003eHonorable Treachery\u003c\/i\u003e fills in these details, dramatically recounting every important intelligence operation since our nation's birth. These include how in 1795 President Washington mounted a covert operation to ransom American hostages in the Middle East; how in 1897, Kaiser Wilhelm II's plans for an invasion of the United States were scuppered by the director of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence; and how President Woodrow Wilson created a secret agency called the Inquiry to compile intelligence for the peace negotiations at the end of World War I. \u003ci\u003eHonorable Treachery\u003c\/i\u003e puts America's use of covert intelligence into a broader historical context, and is sure to appeal to anyone interested in American history and the secret workings of our country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311685226647,"sku":"9780802123282","price":2142.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802123282.webp?v=1767703053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/honorable-treachery-a-history-of-u-s-intelligence-espionage-and-covert-action-from-the-american-revolution-to-the-cia-9780802123282","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}