The Dictionary of Espionage and Intelligence: Over 800 Phrases Used in International and Covert Espionage

From Bob Burton — a former member of both the civilian and military intelligence communities and America's most feared bounty hunter — comes the complete lexicon of over 800 terms and meanings used in international and covert espionage. Dictionary of Espionage and Intelligence includes the most up-to-date terminology of special operations from A to Z, including: Breaktime : The time it takes to break down he resistance level of a subject in an interrogation of a brutal nature — usually 5-7 hours Hero Project : A project, operation, or extraction considered too dangerous, with only the most skilled personnel able to pull it off. Cake or Death : An unspoken but soon-realized ultimatum that a prisoner of the spook war understands as his personal fate — cooperate or die. Compiled by a man who knows covert action and clandestine warfare from the inside out, Dictionary of Espionage and Intelligence is a perfect compendium of the secret language spoken by those who fight the silent war. "From Bob Burton - a former member of both the civilian and military intelligence communities and America's most feared bounty hunter - comes the complete lexicon of over eight hundred terms and meanings used in international and covert espionage. Top Secret includes the most up-to-date terminology of special operations from A to Z, including: Breaktime: The time it takes to break down he resistance level of a subject in an interrogation of a brutal nature - usually 5-7 hours; Hero Project: Projects, operations, or extractions considered too dangerous, with only the most skilled personnel able to pull it off; Cake or Death: An unspoken but soon-realized ultimatum that a prisoner of the spook war understands as his personal fate - cooperate or die. Compiled by a man who knows covert action and clandestine warfare from the inside out, Top Secret is a perfect compendium if the secret language spoken by those who fight the silent war."-- Provided by publisher Compiled by an intelligence community insider, an A-to-Z lexicon of spy-speak and special-operations terms. Renowned for his years in both the civilian and military intelligence communities and well as his bounty hunting work, Bob Burton collected over 800 terms used by agents, analysts, military operatives, and others to provide a comprehensive reference. Covering everything from cryptology to technology, types of agents to names of international organizations, and lingo such as breaktime, hero project, and cake or death, it takes you into the shadowy world of covert action and clandestine warfare—in a compelling compendium of the secret language spoken by those who fight the silent war. An updated edition of the book previously published under the title Top Secret Includes a foreword by W.E.B. Griffin