A century of spies : intelligence in the twentieth century
Record details
- ISBN: 0199761736
- ISBN: 9780199761739
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 533 pages)
remote - Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997, ©1995.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. I. 1900-1939. A shady profession -- The Great War : spies and saboteurs -- Spies in the Great War : eyes and ears -- Lenin's spies -- Spies between the wars : 1919-1929 -- Spies between the Wars : 1930-1939 -- pt. II. The Second World War. Intelligence and the onset of war -- Spies and counterspies -- The wrecking crews -- Aerial spies -- Black magic -- Knowing the enemy -- pt. III. The Cold War and beyond. New adversaries -- New players -- Secret wars -- Superpower espionage -- Spies and moles -- Technological espionage -- Crisis intelligence -- The technical revolution continues -- Penetrations, sunken subs, and sudden death -- Elusive truths -- A new decade -- The year of the spy -- End of an era -- A new world of disorder. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Original Version Note: | Originally published in: 1995. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Intelligence service |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |