The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

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Overview

Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendarydocument, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798874798093
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 07/09/2024
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

H. Keith Melton, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, is an intelligence historian and a specialist in clandestine technology and espionage "tradecraft." He is the author of several books, including CIA Special Weapons and Equipment, Clandestine Warfare, and The Ultimate Spy Book.


Robert Wallace retired from the CIA in 2003 with thirty-two years of service as an operations officer and senior executive, including an assignment as director of the Office of Technical Services. Wallace is coauthor, with H. Keith Melton, of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda.



Perry Daniels is an award-winning, classically trained actor from Atlanta, Georgia, with over a decade of experience on stage, screen, and lurking mysteriously behind the microphone of his home studio. An audiobook junkie and mimic with a love of dialects, Perry strives to bring sincerity, energy, depth, and a focus on performance to his narration.

Jean Carper is a nationally syndicated columnist and a leading authority on health and nutrition. Her columns appear in USA Weekend and King Features Syndicate.

She has authored numerous books, including the bestselling Food—Your Miracle Medicine and The Food Pharmacy.

Formerly an award-winning medical correspondent for CNN, Jean Carper lives in Washington, D.C., and Florida.

 

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What People are Saying About This

Peter Earnest

“An enchanting account of espionage and wizardry at their blackest.”

Tony and Jonna Mendez

“Melton and Wallace have achieved the ultimate mastery of the shadow world where CIA’s smoke and mirrors meet Hollywood’s art of magic, deception and illusion. Like any good stage show, the never-before-disclosed techniques are spellbinding. The history of espionage is expanded by this factual, fascinating account.”

Lance Burton

“A legendary ‘lost’ piece of magic history…It’s James Bond meets Harry Houdini!”

Jeff McBride

“Entrancing! I was amazed to see how the magician’s trade can be twisted to aid in the dark arts of espionage.”

Danny Biederman

“Espionage and magic! A special thrill to read the once-classified CIA magician’s manual.”

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