Information gathering in classical Greece
By: Frank Santi Russell
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Military intelligence -- Greece; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C; Greece -- History, Military
Description: "Cloak-and-dagger work was as much a part of the ancient world as the modern. While gadgets may change, the principles do not: espionage in antiquity was just as dangerous, its stakes just as high. Without Sinon, a double agent for the Greeks, Troy would never have fallen. Frank Russell studies spies in the ancient Greek world and presents fascinating information on the nature of the Great Game, its players, its pawns, and their methods."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index