David Wise was America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage. He was the coauthor of The Invisible Government, a #1 bestseller about the CIA. He was also the author of Nightmover, Molehunt, The Spy Who Got Away, The American Police State, The Politics of Lying, Cassidy’s Run, Spy, and Tiger Trap, and the coauthor, with Thomas B. Ross, of The Espionage Establishment and The U-2 Affair. A native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia College, he was the former chief of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald-Tribune and contributed articles on government and politics to many national magazines. David Wise died in 2018.
Praise for David Wise
Molehunt
“David Wise is a master at penetrating the invisible government. We
won’t read a better book about this aspect of the Cold War.”
–Seymour M. Hersh
“A brilliant, fascinating account of the CIA’s greatest
trauma–whether it had been penetrated by agents of the KGB. It tied
the Agency into knots for two decades, but the evidence outlined by
David Wise now reveals that it was only a phantom. Paranoia is
sometimes said to be the prerequisite for good
counterintelligence–but the CIA’s history suggests that it can
become its Achilles’ heel as well.” –William E. Colby
The Spy Who Got Away
“The most important book on intelligence since The Invisible
Government . . . with the suspense and tension-building that you
expect in John le Carré’s fiction.” –Ronald L. Ostrow, Los Angeles
Times Book Review
Many books about FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen have already been published, including David A. Vise's The Bureau and the Mole and Elaine Shannon's The Spy Next Door. While the story of how Hanssen was tracked down is certainly interesting, it is even more intriguing to speculate why this conservative Catholic with a modest lifestyle would betray us to the Soviets. Journalist Wise, who wrote The Spy Who Got Away, a similar book about escaped CIA traitor Edward Lee Howard, interviewed Hanssen's case psychiatrist and thus provides considerable informed discussion about motive. Was it for the money to support his big family, the thrill of playing a dangerous game, or to get back at a never-satisfied father? Hanssen apparently walked right into a Soviet office in 1979, which leads to the question whether the CIA and FBI were watching this office-and if not, why not? Recommended for the espionage collections of public and academic libraries. (Photos and index not seen.)-Daniel K. Blewett, Coll. of DuPage Lib., Glen Ellyn, IL
Praise for David Wise
Molehunt
"David Wise is a master at penetrating the invisible government. We
won't read a better book about this aspect of the Cold War."
-Seymour M. Hersh
"A brilliant, fascinating account of the CIA's greatest
trauma-whether it had been penetrated by agents of the KGB. It tied
the Agency into knots for two decades, but the evidence outlined by
David Wise now reveals that it was only a phantom. Paranoia is
sometimes said to be the prerequisite for good
counterintelligence-but the CIA's history suggests that it can
become its Achilles' heel as well." -William E. Colby
The Spy Who Got Away
"The most important book on intelligence since The Invisible
Government . . . with the suspense and tension-building that
you expect in John le Carre's fiction." -Ronald L. Ostrow, Los
Angeles Times Book Review
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