The Book of Spies: 4,000 Years of Cloak & Dagger

Edité par Grosset & Dunlap, 1966

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New York. 1966. Grosset & Dunlap. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Ten original color illustrations by Michael Whittle. 96 pages. hardcover. Jacket designed by James McMullan. keywords: Espionage. DESCRIPTION - Espionage is as old as history. Even in the Bible we read about the twelve spies Moses sent into the ancient land of Canaan. The spy has been with us ever since. Why do people become spies? Some, of course, do it for the money. Others take up spying for love of country. And then there are those who are attracted by the excitement, the danger and the adventure. This fascinating book tells the in- credible story of espionage from its very beginnings. The famous and the infamous walk side by side through its pages, from the Roman Empress Theodora to the Soviet masterspy, Colonel Rudolf Abel. And it is filled with surprising in- formation about the great figures of the past who have been involved in spying. Did you know, for in- stance, that two of England's greatest writers, Christopher Marlowe and Daniel Defoe, were spies? Or that Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, was also a secret agent? There are other revelations equally as startling and shocking in this entertaining and informative volume. Spying, in its early days, was not organized. Then, with the rise of the nation-state, official undercover agencies were created. Today all countries use spies to steal other nations' secrets. The American CIA, the Russian GRU, the British MI5 and the French Deuxiéme Bureau play the same deadly game of plot and counterplot in our dangerous nuclear age. The spy of bygone days relied mainly on disguises and his wits. He also used codes, ciphers and invisible inks. But yesterday's secret agent would blink in wonder at the equipment and techniques of modern espionage networks which include U-2 spy planes and space satellites with cameras. Though the methods of spying have changed, the object remains the sameto acquire information that is otherwise unattainable. That is the reason spying began and why it goes on today. For sheer thrills and fantastic exploits, The Book of Spies matches anything you'll find in the marvel- ous make-believe world of super spy James Bond. inventory #4815.…

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Titre
The Book of Spies: 4,000 Years of Cloak & Dagger
Auteur
Innes, Brian
Éditeur
Grosset & Dunlap
Année de publication
1966
État de l'article
Very Good in Dustjacket
Jaquette
Very Good
Reliure
hardcover
Édition
First Edition.

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