The Attack on Axnan Headquarters: An Espionage Operation [Paperback]

Glenn H. Whidden (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library; 2 edition (August 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588200760
• ISBN-13: 978-1588200761
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,817,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The corporate espionage story that is seldom told, November 25, 2000

By 

G. Mitchell "photons_electrons" (Woodinville, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Attack on Axnan Headquarters: An Espionage Operation (Paperback)

The unimportant people in the company, a security guard and a construction worker shape the future of the corporation. They are the key to planting illegal listening devices that probe boardroom conversations.

Executives who read this book will (with justification) worry. This story -- about how a competitor can plant bugs in the executive suite -- is a good one. I especially enjoyed the realism that the author gives to the business of remaining invisible, while doing technical work in the president's office.

A good book for geeks, execs or counterspies.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Surveillance Book, July 19, 2004

By 

Harriston Banks (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Attack on Axnan Headquarters: An Espionage Operation (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a book I am writing about security and surveillance. It is an interesting book. The author is fairly well known in this clandestine business.

The book looks like it is self published. Without a lot of press backing. The book is written in a cold style and is not
a novel but is supposed to be based upon a true story. I searched the Web and did not find the company Axnan in the NYSE or even on the web. So I suspect that Axnan isn't a real company.

The names of the characters are Tom, Dick and Harry so that too iindicates this book is a "theoretical" book that cannot be checked.

The story is interesting in that it provides insight into how surveillance is conducted. It even admits that the work was done illegally.

If you are interested in Corporate Surveillance I recommend this book since there is very little authentic material out there. The current polictical environment being more concerned about less sophisticated criminals.

My book: Protecting Your Assets: The Facility Manager's Guide to Physical Security will be completed in a couple of months and should be published early next year by Fairmont Press.
www.fairmontpress.com.

Enjoy this book and use the information if you are concerned about Corporate Surveillance.

And I hope to meet Glen Whidden one of these days.

HB.