Intelligence activities in ancient Rome : trust in the gods, but verify /

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"Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft, and the Romans could not have built and protected their empire without them. Professor Sheldon uses the modern concept of the intelligence cycle to trace intelligence activities whether they were done by private citizens,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005.
Series:Studies in Intelligence.
Subjects:
Intelligence service > Rome.
Service des renseignements > Rome.
TRUE CRIME > Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Intelligence.
Intelligence service
Rome (Empire)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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