Trading secrets : spies and intelligence in an age of terror / Mark Huband.
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TextDescription: xi, 260 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781848858435 (hbk.); 1848858434 (hbk.)Subject(s): Espionage -- History | Spies -- HistoryDDC classification: 327.12 LOC classification: JF1525.I6 | H84 2013| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 327.12 HUB 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0000343 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.
1. "The craft of cheat and imposter" -- 2. The first intelligence war -- 3. Talking to terrorists -- 4. Making spies -- 5. Games without frontiers -- 6. The Osama method -- 7. The road to 9/11 -- 8. Guantanamo days -- 9. Prisoners -- 10. Know your enemy -- 11. "Hail the Chief" -- 12. Shadow wars -- Epilogue.
Drawing on previously unseen material, unpublished letters and exclusive interviews, this title explores how the role and purpose of 'intelligence' has evolved from its origins in nineteenth-century Ireland to today's fight against terrorism.
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