CIA Manual Of Trickery And Deception

Product Description

Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. 

An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendary document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.

Top Reviews

Bit of a let down. This is not a ...
by James P. (3 out of 5 stars)
August 27, 2017

Bit of a let down. This is not a manual (as in how to) as the title suggests...it is more of a history of spying from post WWII and the cold war. Thanks for letting me know they used signals for drop points and disguises to move around Russia...duh. From a historical perspective it was interesting, but I did not learn anything that I did not already know from the spy museum in DC.
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... breaking information presented in the book but still a good read none the less
by Stephen (5 out of 5 stars)
May 9, 2016

No ground breaking information presented in the book but still a good read none the less. If someone was expecting to become 007 or Jason Bourne after reading this then they are sadly mistaken.
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Nice book, including an intro from the former director ...
by CHANCE L (4 out of 5 stars)
February 1, 2018

Nice book, including an intro from the former director himself. Two part book: history from the beginning of the agency before/during the cold war era, then about the text found in the rumored training manual thst taught agents slight-of-hand. I was actually hunting for more of a training manual hoping to read about topics such as survival tactics, which this book does not meet the criteria. Nevertheless, the topic is addictingly interesting and informative. If your interested in history of war or of magic (Houdini) or a fan of 007 kinds of subjects then you will find this worth the read.
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If you are into magic and how it relates to ...
by Amazon Customer (3 out of 5 stars)
January 16, 2018

If you are into magic and how it relates to covert operations, you'll find it interesting. I can't see any of this stuff being taught anymore to case officers in training, but it has some interesting history of some of the old cold war techniques.
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Not a CIA manual
by Carmel_IN Reader (2 out of 5 stars)
April 18, 2019

The title is deceptive. This is not a CIA manual. It is a book about alleged CIA manual contents with examples that are very dated tricks that are pretty lame by today's standards.
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Old CIA Tricks.
by William E. Gandy (3 out of 5 stars)
October 11, 2016

This book is rooted in the past, but it's still an interesting read. If you want to learn how to drop a poison pill into your target's tea, this book is for you!
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Channel your inner spy
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
May 8, 2017

Great book on how espionage was carried out and most likely still carried out this day. Great piece of historical reference..
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not much manual, more history then anything.
by congobongoofthethirdorder (3 out of 5 stars)
April 5, 2018

very little manual, more history. although the history was nice, i was hoping to learn a bit more. still, informative.
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Interesting history of 1950s spycraft.
by FastBlue (5 out of 5 stars)
October 27, 2019

This is similar to a trip to the spy museum. It is a book of history of gadgets and description of sleight of hand used by 1950s spooks.
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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception
by fox (4 out of 5 stars)
October 29, 2019

What can I say? I wanted the book as part of a collection. Got any problems with that?

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