Narrow your search
Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by
Atoms in the Family : My Life with Enrico Fermi
Author:
ISBN: 022614965X 9780226149653 0226243672 9780226243672 Year: 2014 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s-part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career from his childhood, when he taught himself physics, through his rise in the Italian university system concurrent with the rise of fascism, to his receipt of the Nobel Prize, which offered a perfect opportunity to flee the country without arousing official suspicion, and his odyssey to the United States.


Book
Good Arabs
Author:
ISBN: 128277266X 9786612772665 0520944887 9780520944886 9780520257672 0520257677 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Based on his reading of top-secret files of the Israeli police and the prime minister's office, Hillel Cohen exposes the full extent of the crucial, and, until now, willfully hidden history of Palestinian collaboration with Israelis-and of the Arab resistance to it. Cohen's previous book, the highly acclaimed Army of Shadows,told how this hidden history played out from 1917 to 1948, and now, in Good Arabs he focuses on the system of collaborators established by Israel in each and every Arab community after the 1948 war. Covering a broad spectrum of attitudes and behaviors, Cohen brings together the stories of activists, mukhtars, collaborators, teachers, and sheikhs, telling how Israeli security agencies penetrated Arab communities, how they obtained collaboration, how national activists fought them, and how deeply this activity influenced daily life. When this book was first published in Hebrew, it became a bestseller and has evoked bitter memories and intense discussions among Palestinians in Israel and prompted the reclassification of many of the hundreds of documents Cohen viewed to uncover a story that continues to unfold to this day.


Book
Les secrets de la Sûreté de l'État : enquête sur une administration de l'ombre
Author:
ISBN: 9789401425902 9401425906 Year: 2015 Publisher: Tielt : Lannoo,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Au moment précis où, partout dans le monde, les services de renseignement se trouvent dans la ligne de tir, un important journaliste d'investigation publie un livre sur la Sûreté de l'État. L'agence gouvernementale la plus secrète du pays a bien plus à cacher que ce que nous soupçonnons ! La Sûreté de l'État ne tolère pas les fouineurs. Il n'en fallait pas plus à Lars Bové pour enquêter, durant un an, sur le monde trouble des espions et du cyberterrorisme. Jamais une image si claire n'avait été donnée de l'administration dont même nos politiciens de savent presque rien. Bové dénoue la culture du secret et fait des découvertes étonnantes. Plus que jamais, la Sûreté de l'État doit nous protéger contre les djihadistes et autres menaces terroristes, mais elle constitue en même temps une menace pour ses propres citoyens.


Book
Spies, lies, and algorithms : the history and future of American intelligence
Author:
ISBN: 9780691147130 9780691223087 0691147132 0691223084 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous—or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy. In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.Drawing on decades of research and hundreds of interviews with intelligence officials, Zegart provides a history of U.S. espionage, from George Washington’s Revolutionary War spies to today’s spy satellites; examines how fictional spies are influencing real officials; gives an overview of intelligence basics and life inside America’s intelligence agencies; explains the deadly cognitive biases that can mislead analysts; and explores the vexed issues of traitors, covert action, and congressional oversight. Most of all, Zegart describes how technology is empowering new enemies and opportunities, and creating powerful new players, such as private citizens who are successfully tracking nuclear threats using little more than Google Earth. And she shows why cyberspace is, in many ways, the ultimate cloak-and-dagger battleground, where nefarious actors employ deception, subterfuge, and advanced technology for theft, espionage, and information warfare.A fascinating and revealing account of espionage for the digital age, Spies, Lies, and Algorithms is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the reality of spying today.

Keywords

INTELLIGENCE SERVICE--USA --- CYBER INTELLIGENCE (COMPUTER SECURITY)--USA --- Polemology --- United States --- Intelligence service --- Cyber intelligence (Computer security) --- Terrorism --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Cyber spying --- Cyberintelligence (Computer security) --- Cyberspying --- Intelligence, Cyber (Computer security) --- Computer security --- Government policy --- Abuse of authority. --- Al-Qaeda. --- Assassination. --- Atomic spies. --- Bribery. --- Bureau of Intelligence and Research. --- CIA Counterintelligence. --- Central Intelligence Agency. --- Circumstantial evidence. --- Clandestine HUMINT. --- Clandestine cell system. --- Classified information. --- Computer worm. --- Confirmation bias. --- Conspiracy theory. --- Counter-insurgency. --- Counter-terrorism. --- Counterintelligence. --- Counterterrorism Center. --- Covert operation. --- Cryptanalysis. --- Cryptography. --- Cyber threat intelligence. --- Cyber-attack. --- Demagogue. --- Denial and deception. --- Denial-of-service attack. --- Deterrence theory. --- Director of Central Intelligence. --- Director of National Intelligence. --- Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. --- Disinformation. --- Double agent. --- Drug lord. --- Electoral fraud. --- Encryption. --- Espionage. --- Fabricator (intelligence). --- Fake Claims. --- Generative Adversarial Networks. --- Hacking tool. --- Identity theft. --- Imminent Threat. --- Information asymmetry. --- Information overload. --- Information warfare. --- Insider threat. --- Insurgency. --- Intelligence Authorization Act. --- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. --- Intelligence agency. --- Intelligence analysis. --- Intelligence officer. --- Iran–Contra affair. --- Jihadism. --- KGB. --- Lie detection. --- MafiaBoy. --- Malware. --- Mole (espionage). --- Mossad. --- NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–07). --- National Security Archive. --- National security. --- Nuclear warfare. --- On Intelligence. --- Osama bin Laden. --- Palmer Raids. --- Persecution. --- Policy. --- Political corruption. --- Political crime. --- Political repression. --- Rogue state. --- Sabotage. --- Sanctions against Iran. --- Secret Intelligence Service. --- Security agency. --- Sensitive Compartmented Information. --- Smuggling. --- Spy fiction. --- Spycatcher. --- Spymaster. --- State secrets privilege. --- Stuxnet. --- Subversion. --- Targeted killing. --- Terrorism. --- The Shadow Factory. --- Theft. --- Think Secret. --- Top Secret America. --- Trade secret. --- Undercover operation. --- United States Intelligence Community. --- United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. --- Vulnerability (computing). --- Warfare. --- Watergate scandal. --- Weapon of mass destruction. --- Intelligence service - United States --- Terrorism - Government policy - United States --- Public-private sector cooperation - United States --- Cyber intelligence (Computer security) - United States --- United States of America

Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by