The second oldest profession : spies and spying in the twentieth century / Phillip Knightley.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393023869
- ISBN: 9780393023862
- Physical Description: xi, 436 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st American edition
- Publisher: New York : Norton, 1987.
- Copyright: ©1986
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: pages 415-423. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1 Governments, Spies and Fairy Tales -- Ch. 2 The Legends Grow -- Ch. 3 Crush the Red Terror -- Ch. 4 Peacetime Professionals and Crackers of Codes -- Ch. 5 Business is Better than Spying -- Ch. 6 The Fantasies of Richard Hannay -- Ch. 7 Cross and Double Cross -- Ch. 8 An Ear to the Enemy's Mind -- Ch. 9 KGB: Dzerzhinsky's Pride, Stalin's Prejudice -- Ch. 10 OSS: The Springtime Years -- Ch. 11 CIA: Bigger than State by Forty-eight -- Ch. 12 SIS: Treachery and Decline -- Ch. 13 The Defection Game -- Ch. 14 Myths, Moles and Conspiracies -- Ch. 15 Overcoming the Monster. |
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| Subject: | Espionage > History > 20th century. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hamlet Public Library | 327.12 K (Text) | 58198000120777 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
