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Oxford University Press
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"All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments. Democracies pride themselves on privacy and liberty, but intelligence organizations have secret budgets, gather information surreptitiously around the world, and plan covert action against foreign regimes. Sometimes, they have even targeted the very citizens they were established to protect, as with the COINTELPRO...
3) Munich
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[2006]
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English
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It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim,...
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History Channel
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Investigates some of the most famous spy cases in American history, including Aldrich Ames, the Walkers, the Rosenbergs, and Jonathan Pollard. From the depths of the Cold War to the confused espionage landscape today, this is a fascinating profile of the people who betray America and its interests.
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"The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Problems that call into question decades of tax collecting, and could even bring down the US economy. There is a surprising truth to this possibility a truth wholly entertained by Steve Berry, a top-ten New York Times bestselling writer, in his new thriller, The Patriot Threat. His protagonist, Cotton...
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007 takes on Le Chiffre, a French communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH, as the suave agent becomes involved in a high-stakes game of baccarat, enjoys a fiery love affair with a sexy female spy, and endures torture at the hands of a master sadist.
11) Goldfinger
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A friendly game of two-handed canasta that turns out thoroughly crooked. And a beautiful golden girl who ends up thoroughly dead. In Bond's first encounter with the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned. Soon the game will change and the stakes will rise-- to fifteen billion dollars' worth of US government bullion. But 007 knows that Auric Goldfinger's rules remain brutally simple: "Heads I win, tails you die."
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Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Alex Rider has been trained since birth for a career as a spy. It's not until his beloved uncle, Ian Rider, dies that Alex learns of his intended purpose in life. At just 14, Alex is not sure he can do all that is required of a super spy. Without much choice he is taken under the wing of Britain's secret intelligence service. The Special Operations Division of the MI6 sends Alex on a mission which could save or cost millions and their lives. As Alex...
13) Moonraker
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When James Bond is asked to settle a dispute involving the unimpeachable Sir Hugo Drax, head of the multimillion-dollar Moonraker missile program, he discovers a bizarre and terrifying truth about Drax and Moonraker that could prove fatal, not only for agent 007, but for millions.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't-- even a thief and convict-- to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.
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Criterion collection volume 452
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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A veteran spy about to retire undertakes one last assignment in which he pretends to defect and provides the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent.
17) Casino Royale
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Sir James Bond is persuaded to rejoin Her Majesty's secret service and head an operation to smash SMERSH.
18) Callan: Set 1
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Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Callan is a brooding, conscience-stricken assassin for a shadowy British intelligence service so secret it doesn't have a name. With the Cold War grinding on, agents from the East and West engage in elaborate deceptions, both sides seeking temporary advantage in an endless struggle. Callan's sharp eyes, steely will, and steady hand with a gun make him a valuable asset to his superior, Hunter. In a world where men and women serve only as means to another's...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden exposes how academia has become a major target of foreign and domestic espionage--and why that is troubling news for our nation's security and democratic values. Grounded in extensive research and reporting, Spy Schools reveals that globalization--the influx of foreign students and professors and the outflow of Americans for study, teaching, and conferences abroad--has transformed U.S. higher education...
