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| International Spy Museum's Handbook of Practical Spying (International Spy Museum) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Barth
Publisher: National Geographic
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 123744
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0792267958
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.12
EAN: 9780792267959
ASIN: 0792267958
Publication Date: July 6, 2004
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 Eye-catching format that packs a punch with useful information December 25, 2005
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
At first glance, this compact black, white, and red paperback looks like it could be another gimmicky book along the lines of the later Worst Case Scenario books. Delving beneath the surface, however, the reader will discover some useful information about how to act like a spy (act like you belong, behave purposefully, blend in, develop your assessment skills, trust your instinct and analyze later, and more), how to improve your memory and become more observant, how to ingratiate strangers, how to maneuver in a danger zone, anti-theft measures, and so on. You don't have to want to be a cloak-and-dagger/trenchcoat spy to use this book to glean some useful tips about human behavior and getting the information you want from others.
 A Good Place to Start September 6, 2005
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
The Practical Handbook of Spying is a short, simple book on some basic techniques of intelligence work. It's not a comprehensive manual; instead it covers areas useful to the general reader.
It's written in an easy, mildly amusing manner similar to the `Dummies' series of books. I originally wasn't impressed and almost sent it back, but after re-reading it a month later, I saw that there were nuggets of good information hidden under the superficial layer of humor. The book's introduction by former CIA agent Peter Earnest is excellent.
Another good thing; because it's only 184 small pages, there isn't as much padding and verbiage as in other books.
This isn't a CIA agent's manual, but perhaps the book a CIA agent would give someone interested in the subject. Useful for all ages.
Good, But not enough July 10, 2004
31 out of 61 found this review helpful
As I am not a real spy, I don't know what a spy actually is. I don't know is it that spy is behave in a way that this book describes. However, this book do give great tips of how to become a more "street smart" guy. It gives you tips of improving your memory, how to observe a person, how to obtain information wisely........... Those tips towards normal persons do work!!! The only thing that this book miss a star from my rate is that although alot of tips is given, but it haven't deeply describe those tips. Somehow it is a good catalogue for you to know what skills you are required to be a "street smart" guy and then you can obtain other books for developing those skills throughfully.I really hope that a real spy or someone with such kind of background, even just academically to comment on this book and tell me are those describled in this book are pratical for real spies. Thx
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