A Short Course in the Secret War

Based in part on author Felix's personal experiences as a political agent in Hungary in the decades after World War II this work explains what the rules are for secret operations why the U. S. needs them and how good a job our government and others are doing in practice. Chapters cover the political and social systems that a spy must rely on the personal dilemmas an agent faces and the tricks to keeping one's cover. A new afterword features revelations on Raoul Wallenberg's fate British turncoat Kim Philby and more.