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Tiger Trap : America's Secret Spy War with China by David Wise, David Wise is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tiger Trap : America's Secret Spy War with China about?
“A stunningly detailed history . . . from sexy socialite double agents to ‘kill switches’ implanted offshore in the computer chips for our electric grid” (R. James Woolsey, former director of Central Intelligence). For decades, while America obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now, for the first time, based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them, David Wise tells the full story of China’s many victories and defeats in its American spy wars. Two key cases interweave throughout: Katrina Leung, code-named Parlor Maid, worked for the FBI for years even after she became a secret double agent for China, aided by love affairs with both of her FBI handlers. Here, too, is the inside story of the case, code-named Tiger Trap, of a key Chinese-American scientist suspected of stealing nuclear weapons secrets. These two cases led to many others, involving famous names from Wen Ho Lee to Richard Nixon, stunning national security leaks, sophisticated cyberspying, and a West Coast spy ring whose members were sentenced in 2010. As concerns swirl about US-China relatio
Who reads Tiger Trap : America's Secret Spy War with China?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Wise, David Wise
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780547553108
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Military, Social Science
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (219 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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