A significant addition to the library of spy studies, this is an insider's guide to the world of espionage "Tradecraft" is the term applied to techniques used by intelligence personnel to assist them in conducting their operations and, like many other professions, the espionage business has developed its own rich lexicon. In the real, sub rosa world of intelligence-gathering, each bit of jargon acts as a veil of secrecy over particular types of activity, and the purpose of this book is to explain and give examples of how these operations happened, drawing on the first-hand experience of defectors to and from the Soviet Union; surveillance 'operators' who kept terrorist suspects under observation in Northern Ireland; case officers who have put their lives at risk by 'pitching' a target in a 'denied territory'; and the NOCs who lived under alias to spy abroad. AUTHOR: Nigel West has written more than 40 books of non-fiction on security and intelligence topics. His highly-acclaimed works include 'double 'Cross in Cairo', 'M15 In The Great War' and 'Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy Of World War II.' He has spent the past fourteen years at the Counterintelligence Centre in Washington DC. SELLING POINTS: . Accessible A-Z format, from Access Agent through to a Zenit . Of interest to the professional intelligence community, academia – and the amateur spy . Written by an acclaimed espionage author and professional . Strong Russia and American content