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Espionage in the ancient world : an annotated bibliography of books and articles in Western languages / R. M. Sheldon ; foreword by Thomas-Durrell Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheldon, R. M., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--History--To 1500--Bibliography.
- Intelligence service.
- Espionage--History--To 1500--Bibliography.
- Espionage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003.
- Summary:
- ""Splendid...excellent indexes...a wealth of information...recommended""--Booklist; ""well researched, organized and indexed...an excellent work...highly recommended""--Choice; ""very valuable""--The NYMAS Review; ""delightful...impressive...highly informative""--Reference & User Services Quarterly; ""essential""--CIA Website; ""very valuable""--www.strategypage.com; ""immensely useful""--Military History; ""comprehensive...worthwhile""--Cryptologia. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide to the literature of ancient intelligence. The entries present books and periodical article
- Contents:
- Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; Glossary ; Espionage-General; Road Building, Communications, Tradecraft; The Ancient Near East ; Mesopotamia and Palestine ; Egypt; Assyria and Babylonia ; Persia; Greece ; General; The Skytale ; Tachygraphy ; The Spartan Krypteia ; Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age; The Roman Republic General ; General; Tironian Notes ; The Roman Empire ; General; Signalling; The Byzantine Empire ; General; Greek Fire ; Medieval World ; General; Dubthach Cipher & the Bamberg Cryptogram; Oghams ; Bacon Cipher; Runes
- The Voynich Manuscript The Islamic World ; General; Yezidis ; Russia, China, India, Africa ; Russia; China and Southeast Asia ; India; Africa; An Unsolved Cryptogram: The Sator Rebus ; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-1099-1
- OCLC:
- 945873266
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