The art of espionage. The secret history of the CIA special equipment

The book presents the history of the confrontation between the US intelligence and the special services of the leading countries of the world, and primarily the KGB of the USSR, through the unusual prism - the secret activities of scientists, engineers and officers of the CIA operational and technical service. The authors, recognized experts in the history of intelligence and spy special equipment, reveal the secrets of creating and using one of the most sophisticated and hidden from the eyes of the spy tools - devices of special purpose. Microphotics, camouflage, hidden observation, walls, at the right time gaining "ears", control of the human consciousness is a battlefield, on which no less fierce struggle is conducted between the superpower than on the “spy advanced”. Most of the stories told in the book were stored in the archives under the heading "secret, and today we have a rare opportunity - in details to learn about the most unique intelligence operations, the success or failure of which depended on the" invisible heroes" - scientists and engineers