UID:
almafu_9959229008302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (785 p.)
ISBN:
1-135-77107-3
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1-280-15768-2
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9786610157686
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0-203-00556-2
Serie:
Studies in Intelligence
Inhalt:
Professor Sheldon uses the modern concept of the intelligence cycle to trace intelligence activities in Rome whether they were done by private citizens, the government, or the military.Examining a broad range of activities the book looks at the many types of espionage tradecraft that have left their traces in the ancient sources: * intelligence and counterintelligence gathering* covert action* clandestine operations* the use of codes and ciphersDispelling the myth that such activities are a modern invention, Professor Sheldon explores how these ancient
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Trust in the gods, but verify -- Rome conquers Italy: methods and motives -- Hannibal's spies -- Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy: Rome's eyes and ears in the east -- The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians -- Caesar goes to Britain -- Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic -- The Augustan revolution : communications and internal security -- Roman military intelligence -- Intelligence systems failure : the slaughter of Varus in the Teutoburgerwald -- Transmission and signaling -- The Roman secret service -- Big brother is watching you.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-45271-6
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7146-5480-9
Sprache:
Englisch
