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The genre of spy fiction—sometimes called political thriller or spy thriller or sometimes shortened simply to spy-fi—arose before World War I at about the same time that the first modern intelligence agencies were formed. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Spy-fi is a Genre of Spy fiction that includes elements of Science fiction. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to the Information gathering (known in the context as " intelligence " The Dreyfus Affair contributed to public interest in the subject. The Dreyfus Affair a Political scandal which divided France from the 1890s to the early 1900s For a whole decade, an affair involving the operations of spies and counter-spies held center stage in the politics of a major European country, and was widely and continually reported all over the world. The details of German Intelligence having an agent in the French Army's General Staff and getting through him important military secrets, and of French counter-intelligence riposting by getting a charwoman to go through the wastebaskets of the German Embassy in Paris, were the staff of daily news - and natually inspired fictional tales involving similar themes.

Seldom has this literary field met with critical acclaim, although insightful, literate, and politically important works have been published in it. At the same time, it has enjoyed great popular success.

Readership waned only in the lull following the end of the Cold War (the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989). Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States reignited interest and have reversed that trend. Some pundits are referring to the current era as the Decade of the Spy and pointing to the renaissance in spy fiction and film as two of the indicators of this.

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Biblical antecedents

In many ways Chapter 2 in the Bible's Book of Joshua, depicting the exploits of the spies sent by General Joshua into the city of Jericho, can be said to constitute the first known spy story in world literature. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The Book of Joshua ( Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua ספר יהושע is the sixth book in both the Hebrew Tanakh and the Old Testament of the Christian Joshua, Jehoshuah, or Yehoshua ( 'יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: jə Jericho ( Arabic, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew, Standard Yəriḥo Tiberian Yərîḫô

Such themes as the daring agent penetrating into the enemy's stronghold, narrowly avoiding capture by recruiting the help of a local woman and getting back with his mission successfully accomplished - still the staple in many books about James Bond and other modern spies - can already be discerened in this Biblical account. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story

Issues of espionage frequently appear also in other parts of the Bible, especailly foreigners being perennially suspected of being spies. Nevertheless, it took thousands of years for spy fiction to emerge as a distinct genre.

Before World War I

Early spy novels include James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy (1821) and The Bravo (1831); Rudyard Kipling's Kim (1901), which was based on The Great Game (espionage and politics) between Europe and Asia and centered in Afghanistan; and Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), recounting the undercover exploits of an English aristocrat's attempts to rescue French aristocrats during the French Revolution, while Robert Erskine Childers's novel The Riddle of the Sands (1903) defined the spy novel for the pre–First World War era. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15 1789 &ndash September 14 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet Kim is a novel by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in ''McClure's Magazine'' from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the film see The Great Game (film The Great Game was a term used for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Emma (" Emmuska " Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi (anglicized to Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and Adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870&ndash24 November 1922 was an author and Irish nationalist who was executed by the authorities of the nascent The Riddle of the Sands A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Irish nationalist Erskine Childers. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

While Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is mainly remembered as a protagonist of detective fiction, several of the stories are actually early examples of the spy genre. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder In "The Naval Treaty", "The Second Stain" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans", Holmes protects vital British secrets from foreign spies, while in "His Last Bow" he is himself a double agent feeding false information to the Germans on the eve of World War I. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle The Adventure of the Second Stain, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one "His Last Bow", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected A split album featuring performances by bands The KGB and Alien Spy that was produced in 1997 The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent (1907) was a more serious look at espionage and its consequences, both for individuals and society. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist The Secret Agent A Simple Tale is a Novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907 It includes a close study of a small group of revolutionaries and their terrorist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The Royal Observatory Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO) was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the The result is failure and a series of personal tragedies.

The most widely read spy-fiction writer was William Le Queux, whose ordinary prose has since relegated his works to used-book stores, but who was Britain's highest-selling author during the pre–World War I years; the second greatest selling spy-fiction writer was E. Phillips Oppenheim. William Tufnell Le Queux ( July 2, 1864 London - October 13, 1927 Knocke Belgium) was an Anglo-French journalist Edward Phillips Oppenheim ( October 22, 1866 – February 3, 1946) was an English Novelist, in his lifetime a major Together they wrote hundreds of spy novels, between 1900 and 1914, but the formulaic stories have been judged as of little literary merit. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Literary merit is a quality of written work generally applied to the genre of Literary fiction.

During the First World War, the pre-eminent author was John Buchan, a skilled propagandist; his novels were well-written portrayals of the war as the conflict between civilization and barbarism. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC ( August 26, 1875 &ndash February 11, 1940 A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements His best-known works are the Richard Hannay novels The Thirty-Nine Steps (the title of which, but not the plot, was used for an Alfred Hitchcock film), Greenmantle and other sequels; Buchan's novels are still in print. Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is the Fictional Secret agent created by Scottish The Thirty-nine Steps is an adventure Novel by the Scottish author (and future Governor General of Canada John Buchan, first published Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Greenmantle is the second of five Novels by John Buchan featuring the character of Richard Hannay, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton

In France, in 1917, Gaston Leroux penned one of the earliest French spy thrillers with Rouletabille chez Krupp starring his fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux ( 6 May, 1868, Paris France &ndash 15 April, 1927) was a French Journalist Joseph Rouletabille is a Fictional detective and journalist created by Gaston Leroux, a French Writer and Journalist.

The inter-war period's pulp spy fiction mostly concerned battling Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction

World War II

The strength and versatility of the literary form became evident in the period between the two world wars, and flowered during World War II. For the first time, there appeared novels written by retired intelligence officers such as W. Somerset Maugham, who accurately portrayed spying in the First World War in Ashenden. William Somerset Maugham, CH ( January 25 1874 &ndash December 16 1965) was an English Playwright, "Ashenden" redirects here For the British railway junction see Ashenden Junction. Compton Mackenzie, another former British intelligence agent, wrote the first successful spy satire. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie ( January 17, 1883, West Hartlepool, England – November 30, 1972 in Edinburgh Eric Ambler wrote of ordinary people caught up in espionage in Epitaph for a Spy (1938), The Mask of Dimitrios (U. Eric Clifford Ambler OBE ( 28 June 1909 - 22 October 1998) was an influential English writer of Spy novels who introduced Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. title: A Coffin for Dimitrios) (1939), and Journey into Fear (1940). Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ambler was notable (and shocking to some) for introducing the left-wing perspective to a genre previously featuring right-wing, Establishment attitudes.

In 1939, Glasgow-born author Helen MacInnes's first espionage novel, Above Suspicion, was published in Britain (1941 in the U. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helen Clark MacInnes ( October 7, 1907, Glasgow – September 30, 1985, New York City) was a Scottish-American Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller written by William H Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. A. ), beginning a 45-year, highly successful career in which critics praised her for her literate, fast-paced, intricately plotted suspense novels set against contemporary history. Above Suspicion was made into a popular movie. Some of her other famous titles include Assignment in Britanny (1942), Decision at Delphi (1961), and Ride a Pale Horse (1984). Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

In 1940, British writer Manning Coles brought out Drink to Yesterday, the first of his acclaimed Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon novels. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manning Coles is the pseudonym of two British Writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning (1891-1959 and Cyril Henry Coles (1899-1965 who wrote many spy thrillers from Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon ( Tommy Hambledon) is the fictional protagonist of many spy novels written by the British author " Manning Coles " (actually the It was a grim story set in World War I, while his next books, which occurred in Nazi Germany or in World War II England, had a lighter tone despite the graveness of the events depicted. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland After the war, Hambledon's books grew formulaic, and critical interest waned.

The Cold War

The Cold War that followed hard upon World War II was a great impetus to the genre. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In the early 1950s, authors such as Desmond Cory introduced fictional "licensed to kill" agents, while Graham Greene drew on his real-life experience with British Intelligence to create a number of left-wing, anti-imperialist spy novels, including The Quiet American (1955), set in southeast Asia, A Burnt-out Case (1961), about the Belgian Congo, The Comedians (1966), set in Haiti, The Honorary Consul (1973), in the Argentine town of Corrientes, near the Paraguay border, and The Human Factor (1978), about spies in London. Desmond Cory is a Pseudonym used by British Mystery / thriller Writer Shaun Lloyd McCarthy Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) colloquially known as MI6 is the United Kingdom 's external Intelligence agency. Anti-imperialism, strictly speaking is a term that may be applied to or movement opposed to some form of Imperialism. The Quiet American ( 1955) is a novel by British author Graham Greene. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Belgian Congo ( Dutch: Belgisch Kongo French: Congo Belge German: Belgisch Kongo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1966 Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The Honorary Consul is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Foto-0065jpg|thumb|216px|The Belgrano Bridge]]Plaza 25 de mayo Corrientes Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The Human Factor (ISBN 0-679-40992-0 is an espionage Novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into a Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. His most popular novel was Our Man in Havana (1959), a seriocomedy about British intelligence bumbling in pre-Castro Cuba. Our Man In Havana ( 1958) is a Novel by British author Graham Greene. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la

An early literary phenomenon of the Cold War was Ian Fleming's counter-intelligence agent, James Bond–007, who became and remains the most famous fictional spy. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Yet despite Fleming's enormous commercial success, other authors quickly developed heroes with anti-Bond traits. Notable examples are John le Carré and Len Deighton, who modeled their novels on those 1930s authors who were dubious about the morality of espionage. John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England Leonard Cyril Deighton (born February 18, 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British Historian, Cookery expert The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. For example, in contrast to Bond, Le Carré's George Smiley, is a middle-aged intelligence officer whose wife has had several public love affairs. George Smiley is a Fictional character created by John le Carré. Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal) and Ken Follett (Eye of the Needle) approached the subject journalistically, and were praised for their dramatic use of historic events. Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born August 25, 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator The Day of the Jackal (1971 is a thriller Novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a professional Assassin who is contracted by the Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British Author of thrillers and historical novels "Adam Hall", one of the pseudonyms of Trevor Dudley-Smith, created a popular series about British spy Quiller, beginning with The Berlin Memorandum (U. Elleston Trevor was the pseudonym and eventually legal name of the British Novelist Trevor Dudley-Smith ( February 17, 1920 - Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English Novelist Elleston Trevor and featured in a series of Cold War S. title: The Quiller Memorandum), which has a different tack; it is both literary and focused upon tradecraft. The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966) is a film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Trevor Dudley-Smith, screenplay by Also notable are the novels of Joseph Hone, with the hero Marlow, beginning with The Private Sector. Joseph Hone (born 1937 is a writer of the Spy Novel. His most famous novels featured a character called Marlow

During this era, American authors for the first time rose to sufficient prominence to break British dominance of the genre. In 1960 Donald Hamilton published Death of a Citizen and The Wrecking Crew, the debut novels in his long-running series featuring the grim counterspy/assassin Matt Helm. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Bengtsson Hamilton ( March 24, 1916 &ndash November 20, 2006) was a U Death of a Citizen is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin The Wrecking Crew is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton first published in 1960 Counterspy redirects here For other uses see Counterspy (disambiguation CounterSpy is a proprietary Spyware removal program for AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. The books inspired a series of comic, popular movies starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm. Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality Robert Ludlum's first book, The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971), sold modestly in hardcover, but was a bestseller in paperback, launching Ludlum's career. Robert Ludlum ( May 25, 1927 New York City  – March 12, 2001 Naples Florida) was an American Author The Scarlatti Inheritance is the first of 25 thriller novels published by American author Robert Ludlum. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Generally considered the inventor of the modern spy thriller, Ludlum has been criticized, praised, and widely imitated. The Hunt for Red October (1984), the first novel of Tom Clancy, was a major publishing sensation and also made into a film. The Hunt for Red October is a Novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of Soviet Submarine captain Marko Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Leo Clancy Jr (born April 12 1947) is an American author best known for his technically detailed espionage and Military science storylines The Welsh writer Craig Thomas is generally credited with creating the techno-thriller genre with the publication of Firefox in 1977; however, it was Clancy who took this to new heights. David Craig Owen Thomas (born 24 November, 1942) is a Welsh author of thrillers notably the "Mitchell Gant" series Firefox is a thriller novel written by Craig Thomas, published in 1977.

Outside USA and UK, Julian Semenov was one of the most influential spy fiction writers of the Socialist bloc. Yulian Semyonov (Юлиа́н Семёнович Семёнов pen-name of Yulian Lyandres, julʲɪˈan sʲɪˈmʲonəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪˈmʲonəf ( October 8, His novels covered a wide range of Soviet Russian intelligence history, from the Russian Civil war to espionage in World War II and during the Cold War. KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty TV Series "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "TASS is Authorised to Announce. Seventeen Moments of Spring ( 1973) ("Семнадцать мгновений весны" in Russian) also Seventeen Instants of Spring . . " were filmed after his books.

The 1960s saw an abundance of spy films, many based on works of literature. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional Espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter They covered a wide range, from the fantastical James Bond superspy films to the grainy, monochrome realism of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (based on the Le Carré novel of that title), to the cool commercialism of The Quiller Memorandum (screenplay for the film first released in the UK as The Berlin Memorandum is by Harold Pinter, adapted from "Adam Hall"'s eponymous novel). The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1965 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John le Carré. The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966) is a film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Trevor Dudley-Smith, screenplay by Elleston Trevor was the pseudonym and eventually legal name of the British Novelist Trevor Dudley-Smith ( February 17, 1920 -

Spies also were depicted on television, including James Bond in 1954 in an episode of Climax! based on Fleming's Casino Royale. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is a Television show that ran on the American network CBS from Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is the first James Bond novel It would eventually pave the way for eleven other novels by Fleming himself in addition Several television series — including The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Danger Man, and I Spy — aired during the 1960s; spies were parodied in Get Smart. The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January This article is about 1960s TV series aka "Secret Agent" also see 1990s TV series Secret Agent Man. I Spy is an American television Secret agent adventure series Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre Then, in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, The Sandbaggers presented a gritty, bureaucratic view of espionage operations to television. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War.

In the 1970s and 1980s a former CIA employee, Charles McCarry, wrote a half-dozen, highly regarded novels such as The Tears of Autumn that were notable for mastery of espionage tradecraft and their literary quality. Charles McCarry (born 1930 Massachusetts, USA is an American writer primarily of Spy fiction.

After the Cold War

As the Cold War closed, literary novelist Norman Mailer's abiding preoccupation with U. Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, S. espionage inspired him to write Harlot's Ghost, a sprawling 1,300-page work published in 1991, the year that the Soviet Union dissolved. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

With the fall of the Iron Curtain, the once-Communist East reeled, desperately in need of financial aid from the West as it struggled to adopt democracy. The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Soviet Union was gone, and Russia was not easily believable as the arch enemy in contemporary spy tales. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Adding to the problem, the very existence of the CIA was in question—the U.S. Congress seriously discussed disbanding it. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Interest in espionage fiction plummeted. Deciding the game was over, The New York Times abandoned its long-running column that reviewed spy thrillers.

Still, publishers continued to bring out the new work of those authors who had been highly popular during the Cold War, hoping that most of their readership would remain loyal. That proved to be true. Besides the Cold War writers mentioned earlier, those who published successfully during this low point included Nelson DeMille, W.E.B. Griffin, and David Morrell. Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author W E B Griffin (born William Edmund Butterworth III on November 10, 1929) is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian Novelist from Kitchener Ontario, who has been living in the United States

At the same time, editors were naturally wary of gambling on brand-new authors. Editors are a British Indie rock band from Birmingham who formed in 2002 Only a handful of novelists ultimately were deemed to have written work strong or original enough to be published in hardcover. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Among those in the United States were Joseph Finder, Moscow Club (1995), Gayle Lynds, Masquerade, (1996), and Daniel Silva, The Unlikely Spy (1996) and, in the United Kingdom, Charles Cumming, A Spy By Nature (2001), and Henry Porter, Remembrance Day (2000). Joseph Finder (born 1958 in Chicago Illinois) is an American Writer of several thrillers set in a business environment Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Gayle Lynds is an American author A member of the US Association for Intelligence Officers she is known for being a bestselling novelist in the male-dominated genre of Spy fiction Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Charles Cumming (born April 5, 1971, Ayr Scotland) is a British writer of Spy fiction. They were rarities, whose best-selling espionage stories about the new post-Cold War world helped to keep the form alive. The Post-Cold War era began immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union and according to differing accounts ended on September 11 2001 or is still

The decade of the spy

Finally, the political tide turned again. The tragic events of 9/11 and the aftermath of continued terrorist attacks reawakened readers' hunger for information about the world at large. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Fiction has always been a favored lens through which readers not only entertained but educated themselves. Quickly a demand for spy thrillers arose, a demand that has only grown, reflecting the widespread attention paid by the public to real-life intelligence matters not only in their own countries but internationally.

Le Carre and Forsyth returned to the field with new books. Editors actively sought out espionage novels and continue to do so. Today a host of new writers across Europe and the United States publish in the field. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the United States, the New York Times bestseller list is often dominated by thrillers.

Finally, in 2004, the first international organization for professional thriller authors was formed—International Thriller Writers—"ITW". "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " International Thriller Writers, Inc was founded October 9 2004, at a meeting at Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto ITW held the first international conference to celebrate thrillers—ThrillerFest—in June 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The next is scheduled for July 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Also in 2007, the first spy theme park—Spyland—is scheduled to open near Lyons, France. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France.

Spy thrillers and similar works that are aimed at a younger demographic have emerged as well, introducing the world of espionage to audiences of an increasingly younger age. These range from farcial teenage spy comedies such as the film Agent Cody Banks to the fairly serious series of Alex Rider novels written by Anthony Horowitz and chick lit novels such as I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. Agent Cody Banks is a 2003 film that follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character (played by Frankie Muniz) who has to finish his chores avoid getting Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956 is an English Author and Screenwriter. For the We Are Scientists song see Chick Lit (We Are Scientists song. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You (2006 is a young adult fiction novel written by Ally Carter. Ben Allsop, one of the youngest authors in England, also writes spy fiction, including titles such as "Sharp" and "The Perfect Kill. " Most recently, the "CHERUB" series has joined the list of spy fiction entitling to a school type place where orphans are sent to and trained to infiltrate adult organisations written by Robert Muchamore.

Recently, there have been several successful TV espionage series. Some, such as La Femme Nikita (1997-2001), Alias (2001-2006), 24 (2001- ), and Spooks (in the UK; re-titled MI-5 in the USA and Canada; 2002- ), have cult followings of millions of fans worldwide in both first-runs and re-runs and have become perhaps even cultural icons. La Femme Nikita ( Nikita in Canada is a Canadian television Spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Spooks is a BAFTA award-winning British television drama series produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One

But most notably, there have been a recent surge of independent and Hollywood-produced spy movies shown in movie theaters and distributed on DVD which have generated steady streams of both popular interest and financial profits for those involved in their production.

The most popular, and profitable, of these have been the Jason Bourne films and Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible films, as well as the recent James Bond revival in Casino Royale. The Bourne Identity is a 2002 Spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum 's novel of the same name. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Mission Impossible is an Action movie released in 1996. It was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Casino Royale ( 2006) is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it is directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star But most interestingly, the once strictly-popcorn spy genre has begun to achieve a semblance of critical acclaim, with Steven Spielberg's Munich leading the pack, nominated for five Academy Awards and two Golden Globes in 2005. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Munich is a 2005 semi-fictionalized film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation after the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner In addition, Syriana, featuring George Clooney and The Constant Gardener (based on Le Carre's 2001 novel of the same title), also garnered numerous awards including Best Supporting Actor for George Clooney, Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz and a BAFTA for Ralph Fiennes. Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller Film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, The Constant Gardener is a 2005 Drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The Constant Gardener is a 2001 Novel by John le Carré. It tells the story of Justin Quayle a British diplomat whose George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Rachel Hannah Weisz ( "vice" born 7 March, in 1970 or 1971 is an Academy Award -winning English The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor.

Spy fiction has also taken off in a brand-new direction with the arrival of digital gaming. Players can become a spy and infiltrate enemy territory without being detected. The Metal Gear (most specifically the third installment Metal Gear Solid) series pioneered the concept of infiltration and secrecy in computer gaming (as opposed to the standard first-person shooter genre), followed by games like Syphon Filter and Splinter Cell. is a critically acclaimed series of Stealth games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. is a stealth-action Video game directed by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published A first-person shooter ( FPS) is an action Video game from the Shooter game The initial development of Maze War Syphon Filter is a Third-person shooter for the PlayStation released in 1999. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of Video games endorsed by American author Tom Clancy. These games feature complex conspiracy/espionage storylines and cinematic presentation that rival most espionage-based motion pictures. Some games such as "No One Lives Forever" and its sequel "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H. No One Lives Forever 2 A Spy in HARM's Way (abbreviated NOLF2) is a Computer game developed by Monolith Productions, and A. R. M. 's way" combines the very serious story type mentioned above with much humor and over-the-top 1960s retro design. Evil Genius (game), set in the same age and design as the NOLF series gives the player an opportunity to become the evil villain and differs from other spy games as it is a real time strategy game. Evil Genius is a 2004 Real-time strategy and simulation Video game.

At fan gatherings, writers' conferences, publishers' meetings, and in the Intelligence Community itself—analysts, spymasters, and covert operators read the genre for entertainment and to pick up ideas—memories of the field's near death after the Cold War are painfully fresh. The United States Intelligence Community (IC is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work together to conduct intelligence But since terrorism and world unrest are not expected to end soon, the need for intelligence gathering, counterespionage, and counter-terrorism are not expected to end soon either. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion This article is a subset article of Intelligence cycle security. Counter-terrorism or counterterrorism refers to the practices tactics, techniques and strategies that Governments militaries, Police departments

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