Spies and special forces
Subtitle: true stories of intrigue, courage and camouflage
By: Jim Eldridge
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780439431194
Subjects: Spies; Espionage; History
Description: Provides a collection of historical tales of espionage and special forces troops, based on factual events, including the ancient Roman invasion of Britain, the guerrilla fighters of the American Civil War, and other conflicts.
Table of contents: title: A.S. 61: Roman soldiers and Ancient Britons: "Death on the Island"; title: 1587: Spies in Elizabethan England: "The Armada must be destroyed!"; title: 1863: The American Civil War: "Mosby's Confederacy"; title: 1944: Burma, World War II: " Merrill's Marauders"; title: 1963: The Cold War: "Escape from the East"; title: 2099: "Morphers."