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A century of spies : intelligence in the twentieth century /

Here is the ultimate inside history of the role of modern intelligence across the globe. Unrivaled 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-Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richelson, Jeffrey T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.