The Secrets of Spies: Inside the Hidden World of International Agents

COVER
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE FIRST SPIES
	ANCIENT EGYPT AND BIBLICAL TIMES
	SPYING OUT THE ART OF WAR
	STATEHOOD AND SPYING IN ANCIENT INDIA
	SECRET SHADOWS: JAPAN’S NINJAS
	ESPIONAGE IN ANCIENT GREECE
	THE ROMAN WAY
	THE RISE OF ISLAM
	VENICE: CITY OF SECRETS
	PLOTTING AGAINST THE QUEEN
CHAPTER 2: 1600s–1800s
	THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
	SPYING IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
	WAR OF THE CODES
	GEORGE WASHINGTON: AMERICAN SPY CHIEF
	FEAR OF SPIES IN REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
	INTELLIGENCE IN THE ERA OF NAPOLEON
CHAPTER 3: NINETEENTH-CENTURY INTELLIGENCE
	REACTION, REFORM, REVOLUTION
	NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW INTELLIGENCE
	THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
	THE GREAT GAME
	“PROPAGANDA OF THE DEED”: ANARCHIST BOMBERS
	THE GROWTH OF PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
	BRITANNIA CHALLENGED: THE CREATION OF MI5 AND MI6
	THE ROAD TO WAR
CHAPTER 4: DECEIT AND DIRTY TRICKS
	A NEW TYPE OF WAR
	ROOM 40
	AN EYE IN THE SKY
	THE ARAB BUREAU
	THE FRENCH CONNECTION
	THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
	BEHIND THE LINES
	SUPPORTING THE BOLSHEVIKS
CHAPTER 5: BETWEEN THE WARS
	SIDNEY REILLY: ACE OF SPIES?
	SOVIET TERROR: HOW THE CHEKA BECAME THE KGB
	WHO WROTE THE ZINOVIEV LETTER?
	THE LEAGUE OF (RELATIVELY) EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
	STALIN’S MOLES
	THE FÜHRER’S SPIES
	THE INTELLIGENCE WAR AGAINST HITLER
CHAPTER 6: TRADECRAFT
	RECRUITMENT
	TRAINING IN THE TRADE
	COMMUNICATIONS
	SURVEILLANCE
	COUNTERSURVEILLANCE
	DECEPTION AND DISINFORMATION
	BLACK BAG OPERATIONS
	COVER IDENTITIES
	SABOTAGE
	ASSASSINATION
CHAPTER 7: WORLD WAR II
	THE DUQUESNE SPY RING
	SPECIAL OPERATION EXECUTIVE
	US INTELLIGENCE IN THE PACIFIC
	THE ENIGMA MACHINE
	USING ULTRA
	STALIN AND HIS SPIES
	THE DOUBLE-CROSS SYSTEM
	GERMAN INTELLIGENCE
	PROTECTING D-DAY
	THE OSS
	THE LADY WITH A LIMP: VIRGINIA HALL
CHAPTER 8: THE COLD WAR
	FORMATION OF THE CIA
	THE WEST HITS BACK
	THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CAMBRIDGE FIVE
	THE HONEY TRAP
	THE WARSAW PACT AND ITS SPIES
	REGIME CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA
	CUBA AND THE USA
	THE IMPOSSIBLE SPY: ELI COHEN
	WALKER FAMILY
	THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION
CHAPTER 9: TOOLS OF THE TRADE
	STEGANOGRAPHY
	CAMERAS
	SOE COVERT COMMUNICATIONS
	ACOUSTIC KITTY
	SPIES IN THE SKIES
	COLD WAR WET WORK WEAPONS
CHAPTER 10: SPIES IN FICTION
	ORIGINS
	SPY NOVELS: THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND
	SPIES ON FILM
	MODERN SPY GENRES
CHAPTER 11: CORPORATE ESPIONAGE
	THE COST OF COMPETITION
	DRIVING AMBITIONS: THE FORMULA ONE SPY
	THE SWISS BANK BATTLE
	ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE: STEAL TO INNOVATE
	A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: IP AND INNOVATION
CHAPTER 12: TERRORISM
	ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
	TERROR TACTICS
	THE TROUBLES: THE INTELLIGENCE WAR IN NORTHERN IRELAND
	9/11: A FAILURE OF EVALUATION
	AMERICA’S WAR ON TERROR
CHAPTER 13: SPYING IN THE MODERN WORLD
	OPERATION SNOW WHITE
	SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE
	WEAPONIZED DATA
	MASKIROVKA
	CYBERWARFARE
	WHISTLEBLOWERS
	DRONES
	DIGITAL STEGANOGRAPHY
	CHINA VS. THE US
CHAPTER 14: THE FUTURE OF SPYING
	COVER IDENTITIES
	SPIES AND DATA
	TRACKING AND HACKING
	WE ARE ALL SPIES NOW
GLOSSARY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS