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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Pages
- 336
- Publication Date
- 2020-02-04
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- China
- ISBN
- 9780735214286
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
073521428X
ISBN-13
9780735214286
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038747626
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scientist and the Spy : a True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Business Ethics, Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage, Globalization, Industries / Agribusiness, Law Enforcement
Genre
Political Science, True Crime, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-037842
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"[A] fascinating and well-researched study. . . . Those looking for insights into the current tensions with China will be rewarded." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Not since Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest has a cornfield produced so much excitement. . . . Hvistendahl makes industrial espionage both understandable and riveting. . . . This is a complex story, but it's presented clearly and vividly, thanks to Hvistendahl's background as a science journalist here and in China; to her exquisite pacing; and to her narrative skills . . . Hard to put down and harder to stop thinking about." -- Booklist (starred review) "Before there was a trade war, there was industrial espionage. To understand today's fight between the United States and China, you need to understand the seeds of the conflict, and this book is on the money. A nonfiction thriller for our times." --Ian Bremmer, author of Us Vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism " The Scientist and the Spy is as compulsively readable as espionage thriller and as darkly troubling as any morality tale. Told with empathy, insight, and remarkable detail, the author shines a clear light on the increasingly relentless federal investigation, its Chinese targets, and the powerful government and business interests that drive the story to its fascinating conclusion." --Deborah Blum, author of The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Quest for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century "You will learn more about China from this thrilling, real-life drama than you will from a whole stack of China-related books by lesser talents. Mara Hvistendahl has given us an utterly original, provocative, and revealing tale of the relationship between China and the United States--and what a tale it is. Intrepid, humane, and always tough-minded, she writes with the lucid precision of a science writer and the flair of a seasoned spy novelist." --Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China "A capable work of cat-and-mouse espionage that suggests that industrial spying is just business as usual." -- Kirkus Reviews "Mara Hvistendahl is the most fluid of writers and the deepest of reporters, so The Scientist and the Spy unfurls with the style and pace of a thriller, yet it also illuminates a key American national security concern, which is the scale and scope of Chinese industrial espionage in the United States." --Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad " The Scientist and the Spy vividly illustrates that things happening in China today can be stranger and more spellbinding than in a thriller. Mara Hvistendahl's solid research and science background make it such a convincing and thought-provoking book, which is a must-read in the context of the present trade war between the United States and China." --Qiu Xiaolong, author of Death of a Red Heroine " The Scientist and the Spy is a riveting tale for our times. It addresses some of the most important issues of our era, such as the Chinese drive to innovation in technology and industrial espionage, but does so through all-too-human characters with vulnerabilities, flaws, and often agonizing choices to make. If you enjoyed Bad Blood, you'll find this fascinating." --Rana Mitter, author of Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, "Before there was a trade war, there was industrial espionage. To understand today's fight between the United States and China, you need to understand the seeds of the conflict, and this book is on the money. A nonfiction thriller for our times." --Ian Bremmer, author of Us Vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism " The Scientist and the Spy is as compulsively readable as espionage thriller and as darkly troubling as any morality tale. Told with empathy, insight, and remarkable detail, the author shines a clear light on the increasingly relentless federal investigation, its Chinese targets, and the powerful government and business interests that drive the story to its fascinating conclusion." --Deborah Blum, author of The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Quest for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century "You will learn more about China from this thrilling, real-life drama than you will from a whole stack of China-related books by lesser talents. Mara Hvistendahl has given us an utterly original, provocative, and revealing tale of the relationship between China and the United States--and what a tale it is. Intrepid, humane, and always tough-minded, she writes with the lucid precision of a science writer and the flair of a seasoned spy novelist." --Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China "Mara Hvistendahl is the most fluid of writers and the deepest of reporters, so The Scientist and the Spy unfurls with the style and pace of a thriller, yet it also illuminates a key American national security concern, which is the scale and scope of Chinese industrial espionage in the United States." --Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad " The Scientist and the Spy vividly illustrates that things happening in China today can be stranger and more spellbinding than in a thriller. Mara Hvistendahl's solid research and science background make it such a convincing and thought-provoking book, which is a must-read in the context of the present trade war between the United States and China." --Qiu Xiaolong, author of Death of a Red Heroine " The Scientist and the Spy is a riveting tale for our times. It addresses some of the most important issues of our era, such as the Chinese drive to innovation in technology and industrial espionage, but does so through all-too-human characters with vulnerabilities, flaws, and often agonizing choices to make. If you enjoyed Bad Blood, you'll find this fascinating." --Rana Mitter, author of Modern China: A Very Short Introduction
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Dewey Decimal
364.168
Synopsis
A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three ethnic Chinese men near a field where a farmer was growing corn seed under contract with Monsanto. What began as a simple trespassing inquiry mushroomed into a two-year FBI operation in which investigators bugged the men's rental cars, used a warrant intended for foreign terrorists and spies, and flew surveillance planes over corn country--all in the name of protecting trade secrets of corporate giants Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer. In The Scientist and the Spy , Hvistendahl gives a gripping account of this unusually far-reaching investigation, which pitted a veteran FBI special agent against Florida resident Robert Mo, who after his academic career foundered took a questionable job with the Chinese agricultural company DBN--and became a pawn in a global rivalry. Industrial espionage by Chinese companies lies beneath the United States' recent trade war with China, and it is one of the top counterintelligence targets of the FBI. But a decade of efforts to stem the problem have been largely ineffective. Through previously unreleased FBI files and her reporting from across the United States and China, Hvistendahl describes a long history of shoddy counterintelligence on China, much of it tinged with racism, and questions the role that corporate influence plays in trade secrets theft cases brought by the U.S. government. The Scientist and the Spy is both an important exploration of the issues at stake and a compelling, involving read., A riveting real-life thriller about the rise of economic espionage from China, seen through the case of Mailong Ho, who tried to steal secrets from U.S. companies. For readers of Michael Lewis, John Carreyrou, and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
LC Classification Number
HV7561.H85 2020
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