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James Bamford is the author of Body of Secrets, The Puzzle Palace, and A Pretext for War, and has written on national security for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. His Rolling Stone article "The Man Who Sold the War" won the 2006 National Magazine Award for reporting. Formerly the Washington investigative producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Bamford lives in Washington, D.C.
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The Shadow Factory
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $16.00
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $16.00
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Body of Secrets
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $17.00
The National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of America’s spy world. In the follow-up to his bestselling Puzzle Palace, James... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $17.00
The National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of America’s spy world. In the follow-up to his bestselling Puzzle Palace, James... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Shadow Factory
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $27.95
James Bamford exposed the existence of the top-secret National Security Agency in the bestselling The Puzzle Palace and continued to probe into its workings in his follow-up bestseller, Body of Secrets. Now Bamford discloses inside, often shocking information about the transformation of the NSA in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $27.95
James Bamford exposed the existence of the top-secret National Security Agency in the bestselling The Puzzle Palace and continued to probe into its workings in his follow-up bestseller, Body of Secrets. Now Bamford discloses inside, often shocking information about the transformation of the NSA in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Shadow Factory
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $29.95
“There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency . . . Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director’s safe.” –New York Times Book Review
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $29.95
“There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency . . . Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director’s safe.” –New York Times Book Review
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Pretext for War
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
In A Pretext for War, acclaimed author James Bamford–whose classic book The Puzzle Palace first revealed the existence of the National Security Agency–draws on his unparalleled access to top intelligence sources to produce a devastating expos? of the intelligence community and the Bush administration.
A Pretext for War reveals the systematic... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
In A Pretext for War, acclaimed author James Bamford–whose classic book The Puzzle Palace first revealed the existence of the National Security Agency–draws on his unparalleled access to top intelligence sources to produce a devastating expos? of the intelligence community and the Bush administration.
A Pretext for War reveals the systematic... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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A Pretext for War
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.
In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.
In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Body of Secrets
Format: eBook, 784 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
The National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of America’s spy world. In the follow-up to his bestselling Puzzle Palace, James... Read more >
Format: eBook, 784 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
The National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of America’s spy world. In the follow-up to his bestselling Puzzle Palace, James... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Shadow Factory
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed... Read more >
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Pretext for War
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $12.95
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.
In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $12.95
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.
In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Shadow Factory
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $15.00
“There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency . . . Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director’s safe.” –New York Times Book Review
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $15.00
“There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency . . . Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director’s safe.” –New York Times Book Review
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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A Pretext For War
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 9, 2004
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 9, 2004
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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The Shadow Factory
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $22.50
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most costly, and most technologically advanced spy organization the world has ever known. It is also the most intrusive, secretly filtering millions of phone calls and e-mails an hour in the United States and around the world. Half a million people live on its... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $22.50
Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most costly, and most technologically advanced spy organization the world has ever known. It is also the most intrusive, secretly filtering millions of phone calls and e-mails an hour in the United States and around the world. Half a million people live on its... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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