The History of Espionage

Author: Ernest Volkman

Recounts the story of spies and spying from the cloak-and-dagger machinations of the Ancient Greeks and Romans to the high-tech surveillance operations of the post 9/11-world. This is a tale of clandestine agents, military scouts, captured documents, dead-letter drops, intercepted mail, decoded telegrams, and bugging devices.

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"The History of Espionage" recounts the fascinating story of spies and spying from the cloak-and-dagger machinations of the Ancient Greeks and Romans to the high-tech surveillance operations of the post 9/11-world. It is a tale of clandestine agents, military scouts, captured documents, dead-letter drops, intercepted mail, decoded telegrams, secret codes and ciphers, bugging devices, desperate plots and honey traps.

About the Author

Ernest Volkman is a prize-winning national correspondent for Newsday in the US, and a noted authority on the subject of intelligence and national security. He has written many books on the subject: Warriors of the Night: Spies, Soldiers, and America's Intelligance; The Inside Story of America's Intelligence, Spies: The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History, Espionage: The Greatest Spy Operations of the 20th Century. He has written for many magazines and publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post and Defense Science and Military Science and Technology.