{"product_id":"spy-sites-of-new-york-city-a-guide-to-the-regions-secret-history-paperback","title":"Spy Sites of New York City: A Guide to the Region's Secret History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. Keith Melton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry R. Schlesinger\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secrets are created, stolen, and passed through clandestine meetings and covert communications. Some spies do their work and escape, while others are compromised, imprisoned, and--a few--executed. \u003ci\u003eSpy Sites of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside this shadowy world and reveals the places where it all happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 233 main entries as well as listings for scores more spy sites, H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. The cases and sites follow espionage history from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, to the rise of communism and fascism in the twentieth century, to Russian sleeper agents in the twenty-first century. The spy sites are not only in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx but also on Long Island and in New Jersey. Maps and 380 photographs allow readers to follow in the footsteps of spies and spy-hunters to explore the city, tradecraft, and operations that influenced wars hot and cold. Informing and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eSpy Sites of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have guidebook to the espionage history of the Big Apple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspionage \/ Regional \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Foreign intelligence officers have long used New York City to conduct clandestine operations. Here is the definitive guide to New York City spy sites used by foreign agents intent on stealing America's secrets.\"--\u003cb\u003eJason Matthews, \u003c\/b\u003e author of the \u003ci\u003eRed Sparrow \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City was made for spy work. In dark alleys and on dank docks, in bar nooks and subterranean mazes, and from public parks to penthouses, New York has been a thriving metropolis for spies, informers, saboteurs, and propagandists. In \u003ci\u003eSpy Sites of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e, H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace plot more than two centuries of this hidden history in the city's five boroughs, Long Island, and northern New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential guidebook for anyone interested in the history of New York or espionage. It reveals the dead drops, brush-pass sites, safe houses, seductions, and secret meetings that have long flourished within the city's landscape. Some spies have fled, others have been compromised and imprisoned, and a few have been executed. Melton and Wallace trace the covert operations influencing wars hot and cold, even to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. Keith Melton\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally recognized intelligence historian and authority on espionage technology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUltimate Spy: Inside the Secret World of Espionage\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSpycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda\u003c\/i\u003e with Robert Wallace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Wallace \u003c\/b\u003eis the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Technical Service, founder of the Artemus Consulting Group, and contributor to the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. He has written five books with H. Keith Melton, including \u003ci\u003eSpy Sites of Washington, DC\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry R. Schlesinger\u003c\/b\u003e is a New York-based writer who has collaborated with the authors on several books, including \u003ci\u003eSpy Sites of Washington, DC\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpycraft\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. Keith Melton\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally recognized intelligence historian and authority on espionage technology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUltimate Spy: Inside the Secret World of Espionage\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSpycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda\u003c\/i\u003e with Robert Wallace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Wallace \u003c\/b\u003eis the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Technical Service, founder of the Artemus Consulting Group, and contributor to the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. 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