The secret world : a history of intelligence / Christopher Andrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrew, Christopher M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage--History.

Espionage.

History.

Intelligence service--History.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

xii, 948 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful World War II intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors in earlier moments of national crisis had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of World War I, the grasp of intelligence shown by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and leading eighteenth-century British statesmen. In this book, the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia--and shows us its relevance."--Page [2] of cover.

Contents:

1 In the Beginning: Spies of the Bible and Ancient Egypt from Moses to the Last Supper p. 13

2 Intelligence Operations in Ancient Greece: Myth and Reality from Odysseus to Alexander the Great p. 27

3 Intelligence and Divination in the Roman Republic p. 40

4 The Art of War and the Arthashastra: How China and India Took an Early Lead over Greece and Rome p. 54

5 The Roman Empire and the Untermenschen p. 70

6 Muhammad and the Rise of Islamic Intelligence p. 86

7 Inquisitions and Counter-Subversion p. 100

8 Renaissance Venice and the Rise of Western Intelligence p. 118

9 Ivan the Terrible and the Origins of Russian State Security p. 141

10 Elizabeth I, Walsingham and the Rise of English Intelligence p. 158

11 The Decline of Early Stuart and Spanish Intelligence, and the Rise of the French Cabinet Noir p. 191

12 Intelligence and Regime Change in Britain: From the Civil War to the Popish Plot p. 214

13 Intelligence in the Era of the Sun King p. 242

14 Codebreakers and Spies in Ancien Régime Europe: From the Hanoverian Succession to the Seven Years War p. 269

15 Intelligence and American Independence p. 292

16 The French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars p. 312

17 The Napoleonic Wars p. 339

18 Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part I: From the Congress of Vienna to the 1848 Revolutions p. 363

19 Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part II: From 1848 to the Death of Karl Marx p. 386

20 The Telegraph, Mid-Century Wars and the 'Great Game' p. 402

21 'The Golden Age of Assassination': Anarchists, Revolutionaries and the Black Hand, 1880-1914 p. 425

22 The Great Powers and Foreign Intelligence, 1890-1909 p. 449

23 Intelligence and the Coming of the First World War p. 472

24 The First World War. Part 1: From the Outbreak of War to the Zimmermann Telegram p. 497

25 The First World War. Part 2: From American Intervention to Allied Victory p. 543

26 Sigint and Humint between the Wars p. 573

27 The 'Big Three' and Second World War Intelligence p. 603

28 Intelligence and the Victory of the Grand Alliance p. 637

29 The Cold War and the Intelligence Superpowers p. 669

30 'Holy Terror': From the Cold War to 9/11 p. 701.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 761-818) and index.

ISBN:

9780300238440

0300238444

OCLC:

1049146044