Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach

America's Techno-Spy Empire

Kristie Macrakis

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Georgetown University Press
03 April 2023

Espionage & secret services; Real time operating systems

An eye-opening account of the perils of America’s techno-spy empire

Ever since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried to control spies’ minds by chemical means. But these weren’t human spies. Instead, the United States expanded its reach around the globe through techno-spies.

Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach investigates how America’s technophiles inadvertently created a global espionage empire: one based on technology, not land. Author Kristie Macrakis shows how in the process of staking out the globe through technology, US intelligence created the ability to collect a massive amount of data. But did it help? Featuring the sites visited during her research and stories of the people who created the techno-spy empire, Macrakis guides the reader from its conception in the 1950s to its global reach in the Cold War and Global War on Terror.

In an age of ubiquitous technology, Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach exposes the perils of relying too much on technology while demonstrating how the US carried on the tradition of British imperial espionage. Readers interested in the history of espionage and technology as well as those who work in the intelligence field will find the revelations and insights in Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach fascinating and compelling.

By: Kristie Macrakis
Imprint: Georgetown University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781647123239
ISBN 10: 1647123232
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 April 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction I. Foundations1. The Days of Mata Hari are Over (An Origin Story)2. Can a Tunnel Become a Double Agent? 3. In the Mind II. Going Global4. Our Machine in Havana 5. Betrayal Under the Ocean 6. Turner’s Technological Turn III. Fully Global7. Passing the Global Espionage Torch 8. Crypto AG9. Global Eyes10. A Global Killing Machine Conclusion: Information GluttonsBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Kristie Macrakis is professor of the history of technology and intelligence at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the author of many other books, including Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda and Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy Tech World.

Reviews for Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach: America's Techno-Spy Empire

The chapters are easy to understand and the bibliography is excellent. Overall, this book is recommended for anyone who wants to understand espionage and technology. * CHOICE connect * Definitively researched and documented, exceptionally well written, organized, and presented, readers with an interest in the history of espionage and technology (as well as those who work in the intelligence field) will find the revelations and insights revealed in Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach to be informative, fascinating, compelling, and alarming. * Midwest Book Review *