商品簡介
Ian Fleming wrote 12 novels and nine short stories revolving around spy James Bond. This reference by an intelligence professional demonstrates how the Bond novels relate to the real world of espionage. In addition to entries on Fleming's works, characters in the Bond series, and Fleming's life, family, and friends, the book contains entries on some of the real-life and fictional influences on Fleming's creation of the world of James Bond, including real-life cases of espionage and real spies and organizations. The book also includes a chronology, and a list of acronyms and abbreviations. An introduction places Bond and Fleming in the broad context of their times. The book does not discuss movie adaptations. West teaches at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security studies in Alexandria, Virginia. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Nigel West is currently the European Editor of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence and teaches the history of postwar intelligence at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Alexandria, VA. He is the author of many books, including the Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2005), Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2006), Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2007), and Historical Dictionary of Sexspionage (Scarecrow Press, 2009). In October 2003 he was awarded the U.S. Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award.