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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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avg rating 4.09 — 132,788 ratings — published 1963
The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 3,464 ratings — published 2019
Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 59,243 ratings — published 2013
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 16,462 ratings — published 2015
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 52,914 ratings — published 2009
Tactical Barbell: Definitive Strength Training for the Operational Athlete (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.53 — 1,382 ratings — published 2014
On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,577 ratings — published 2004
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,072 ratings — published 2015
Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)
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avg rating 4.10 — 3,434 ratings — published 2014
The Official US Army Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Handbook: Guerrilla Warfare, Resistance & Insurgency: Winning Asymmetric Wars from the ... / FM 31-21) (Carlile Military Library)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 51 ratings — published 2004
Once an Eagle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 8,402 ratings — published 1968
Emergency War Surgery (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 19 ratings — published 1963
Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 3,219 ratings — published 2014
Tactical Manual: Small Unit Tactics (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.12 — 52 ratings — published
The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.20 — 809 ratings — published 2009
US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 625 ratings — published 1970
ST 31-205 Special Forces Caching Techniques: December 1982 (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Tactical Edge: Surviving High-Risk Patrol (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.56 — 48 ratings — published 1985
Ranger Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 287 ratings — published 1992
Tactical Medicine Essentials: . (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 19 ratings — published 2010
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 5,705 ratings — published 1986
Wilderness Survival Handbook: Primitive Skills for Short-Term Survival and Long-Term Comfort (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 74 ratings — published 2010
Urban Survival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Survival To Keep You Alive After Man-Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, and Breakdowns In Civil Order (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 55 ratings — published 2010
Street Survival: Tactics For Armed Encounters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 65 ratings — published 1980
Emotional survival for law enforcement: A guide for officers and their families (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,895 ratings — published
Spy the Lie & Definitive Book Of Body Language 2 Books Collection Set (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
Summary of What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro: Learn how to decode the hidden messages of body language (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Dangerous Personalities (2014) (Korea Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,137 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Intelligence (Audio CD)
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avg rating 3.85 — 3,267 ratings — published 2012
Summary of The Spy and the Traitor By Ben Macintyre: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published
Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 240 ratings — published 2011
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 358,733 ratings — published 1997
Nobody Lives Forever (John Gardner's Bond, #5)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,415 ratings — published 1986
Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)
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avg rating 3.47 — 2,113 ratings — published 1984
The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence (Modern War Studies)
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avg rating 3.78 — 23 ratings — published 2007
License Renewed (John Gardner's Bond, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 3,693 ratings — published 1981
BASIC TRADECRAFT (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published
The Night Agent (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 12,619 ratings — published 2019
The Expat (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 818 ratings — published 2024
A Spy Alone (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 6,818 ratings — published 2023
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 10,969 ratings — published
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 3,343 ratings — published 2025
Agent Running in the Field (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 24,129 ratings — published 2019
No Other Choice: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 55 ratings — published 1990
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 16,037 ratings — published 2007
The Dogs of War (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 25,720 ratings — published 1974
The Day of the Jackal (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 148,710 ratings — published 1971
Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 3,477 ratings — published 1987
“An individual analyst also can brainstorm to produce a wider range of ideas than a group might generate, without regard for other analysts’ egos, opinions, or objections.
However, an individual will not have the benefit of others’ perspectives to help develop the ideas as fully. Moreover, an individual may have difficulty breaking free of his or her cognitive biases without the benefit of a diverse group.”
― A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis - Cognitive and Perceptual Biases, Reasoning Processes
However, an individual will not have the benefit of others’ perspectives to help develop the ideas as fully. Moreover, an individual may have difficulty breaking free of his or her cognitive biases without the benefit of a diverse group.”
― A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis - Cognitive and Perceptual Biases, Reasoning Processes
“Bush had been warned about using Noriega as an asset by the legendary head of French Intelligence, Count Alexandre de Marenches, who warned him with regard to Noriega, "My own philosophy has always been that when you have something particularly dirty to do, you hire a gentleman to do it. If the gentleman is persuaded that what we are contemplating is an act of war, and by extension an act of patriotism, then we will find some very good people to work for us. By contrast, if we hire a thug, then eventually we will be compelled to kill the thug in one way or another because eventually we would be blackmailed by him.”
― House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
― House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties