Trading secrets
Subtitle: spies and intelligence in an age of terror
By: Mark Huband
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781848858435
Subjects: History; Espionage; Spies
Description: Drawing on previously unseen material, unpublished letters and exclusive interviews, this title explores how the role and purpose of 'intelligence' has evolved from its origins in nineteenth-century Ireland to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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. "The craft of cheat and imposter"; title: 2. The first intelligence war; title: 3. Talking to terrorists; title: 4. Making spies; title: 5. Games without frontiers; title: 6. The Osama method; title: 7. The road to 9/11; title: 8. Guantanamo days; title: 9. Prisoners; title: 10. Know your enemy; title: 11. "Hail the Chief"; title: 12. Shadow wars; title: Epilogue.