Find out how the world's best money launderers evade sohisticated high-tech detection measures and move money freely in the electronic age. Also find out the latest international law enforcement countermeasures for stopping this illegal flow of money. A must for cops, lawyers, PIs and others.

The Art & Science of Money Laundering: Inside the Commerce of the International Narcotics Traffickers

Woods, Brett F.

Arts & Photography

Paladin Pr

Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction

This unique and perceptive history unravels geopolitical intrigues and reveals how they have influenced the authors who fashioned one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the literate world the spy novel.  Espionage fiction is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the literate world and, since its widespread acceptance in the early twentieth century, it has sought to pursue the secret politics of Western social order. Drawn from reality, exposing what is generally concealed, it provides a unique glimpse into the darker, more conspiratorial affairs of state through the use of fictional covert actions, double agents, treason, and international intrigues. It is a carefully crafted, clandestine venue wherein the situations are circumscribed, the moods are forever gray, and the heroes if indeed there are heroes generally emerge as ordinary individuals who believe that virtues such as truth and loyalty are simply matters of convenience. People who are, in fact, not that much different from those whom they oppose. The concept of neutral ground the term adapted from Sir Walter Scott s early nineteenth century Waverly novels originally spoke to the geographic region between two warring armies, a place controlled by neither but marked by fluid jurisdictions drawn by the ebb and flow of strategic influences or battle lines. But with the passage of time, and the refinement of espionage fiction, the definition of neutral ground witnessed a transition, emerging as both metaphor and cautionary note for the thematic conflicts and doubts that flourish in the absence of clear political authority. An intellectual nether region reminiscent perhaps of Cold War Berlin that affords conflicting parties unrestricted rights of passage and where political ideology and literary fiction can and do seamlessly intersect.Yet, in the grander historical sense, the evolution of espionage fiction also reflects the history of a culture for, as the genre evolved, so too did Western society. To explore these historical relationships Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction takes the reader behind the fiction and explores the real-world political, military, and diplomatic events that have consistently and significantly threaded their way through the fabric of the genre. Against this historical timeline, it examines how numerous authors including Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and John le Carré have engaged reality in order to write the espionage novels that have become literary classics and, in selected cases, have also served to alter the course of government policy.

Neutral Ground: A Political History Of Espionage Fiction

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Algora.Publishing

Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution

While Jefferson is responsible for a voluminous body of literature, this is the first time an editor has focused principally on his comments regarding war and revolution.  Presented for the interest of a general readership as well as for students of military, diplomatic, or political history, the format of the selected letters, as Jefferson wrote them, is preserved whenever possible.  The addressees are identified, particularly those who have been lost to history, and, where indicated, explanatory notes are provided to assist the reader in placing the correspondence in its particular historical, political, or conceptual context; readers are encouraged to arrive at their own conclusions as to the intention of a particular piece of correspondence.

History

Americas

Former Secret Service agent Brett Woods takes an impressive turn to fiction with this taut novel of real world "black ops" and the shadowy world of U.S. government counterespionage work. Sal Franco, a senior inspector in the FBI's Special Intelligence Section, is assigned to investigate the assassination of a handful of obscure, elderly Department of Defense scientists. Unbeknownst to Franco, the assassin, Damon Cory, is a full colonel in the United States Army working under the direction of a man named Eisler, an aging intellectual of ambassador rank who, at the behest of the president, administers a classified operation known as Queenwalk.As the deadly cat-and-mouse game unfolds, the reader follows Cory through the intellectual, emotional and procedural side of assassination, and Franco through the psychological evaluations, autopsy examinations and forensic findings of a major federal murder case. When their paths finally converge, the enigma of Eisler is unraveled and, with it, the secret of Autley House is laid bare.Autley House is a classic espionage page-turner.

Autley House: A Spy Story

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

The most comprehensive portrait of noteworthy public figures can generally be seen in their personal letters and journal entries. Lincoln’s wartime correspondence is no exception, and the letters he penned to his Civil War generals – through one of the most critical episodes in American history – are of singular importance. Lincoln was not a natural strategist. He worked hard to master the subject, just as he had done to become a lawyer. Still, despite being forced to learn the functions of a commander-in-chief on the job, he demonstrates an oftentimes striking understanding of the issues. Against this backdrop, the format of the letters annotated here have been preserved whenever possible and, collectively they provide a unique glimpse into the character and thought processes of Lincoln as a military commander. And whether the subject might be a general memorandum of military policy, a reflection on the sentencing of a deserter, or pressing the attack on Confederate forces, he writes with remarkable clarity, insight, and concise eloquence. The addressees are identified, particularly those who have been lost to history, and, where indicated, explanatory notes are provided to assist the reader in placing the correspondence in its particular historical, political, or conceptual context. Readers are encouraged to arrive at their own conclusions as to the intention of a specific piece of correspondence. This text presents, in their entirety, the original written communications which generations of historians have repeatedly cited as the basis for the interpretation of events or conclusions of fact. Thus the book Lincoln’s Letters to his Generals is both a comprehensive reference resource and a unique, annotated supplement to the existing literature.

Abraham Lincoln: Letters to his Generals, 1861–1865

Historical

Abraham Lincoln: Letters to His Generals, 1861-1865

Lincoln, Abraham

Algora Publishing

Thomas Jefferson: Diplomatic Correspondence, Paris, 1784-1789

Philosopher, diplomat, politician, inventor, writer, architect, even gardener, from a historical perspective Thomas Jefferson emerges as an extraordinary individual. This is the first time an editor has focused principally on his comments regarding his time while serving as minister to France from 1784 to 1789. He was clearly many things to many people, but precisely because of these multifaceted endeavors, he has become so deeply entwined in the tapestry of America's grand democratic experiment that the quest to picture him clearly and objectively in his own life and times remains arguably elusive.
The most comprehensive portrait of the American founding fathers can be seen in their personal letters and journal entries. Jefferson is certainly no exception, and those he wrote during his service as American minister to France - through many of the most critical episodes in both French and American history - are of singular importance. The format of the letters has been preserved whenever possible and, collectively, they provide a unique glimpse into the character and thought processes of Jefferson the diplomat.

Thomas Jefferson: Diplomatic Correspondence, Paris, 1784-1789: Diplomatic Correspondence and Influence on French-American Relations, 1784-1789

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