Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 534 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0195073916
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9780195113907
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9780195073911
Content:
Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivalled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold War world, offering an unsurpassed overview of the role of modern intelligence in every part of the globe. From spies and secret agents to the latest high-tech wizardry in signals and imagery surveillance, it provides fascinating, in-depth coverage of important operations of United States
Note:
First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: 1900�1939""; ""1. A Shady Profession""; ""2. The Great War: Spies and Saboteurs""; ""3. Spies in the Great War: Eyes and Ears""; ""4. Lenin's Spies""; ""5. Spies Between the Wars: 1919�1929""; ""6. Spies Between the Wars: 1930�1939""; ""Part II: The Second World War""; ""7. Intelligence and the Onset of War""; ""8. Spies and Counterspies""; ""9. The Wrecking Crews""; ""10. Aerial Spies""; ""11. Black Magic""; ""12. Knowing the Enemy""; ""Part III: The Cold War Era and Beyond""; ""13. New Adversaries""; ""14. New Players""; ""15. Secret Wars""
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""16. Superpower Espionage""""17. Spies and Moles""; ""18. Technological Espionage""; ""19. Crisis Intelligence""; ""20. The Technical Revolution Continues""; ""21. Penetrations, Sunken Subs, and Sudden Death""; ""22. Elusive Truths""; ""23. A New Decade""; ""24. The Year of the Spy""; ""25. End of an Era""; ""26. A New World of Disorder""; ""Abbreviations Used in the Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199761739
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195113907
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Century of Spies : Intelligence in the Twentieth Century
Language:
English
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