Trading secrets : spies and intelligence in an age of terror

Summary: Drawing on previously unseen material, unpublished letters and exclusive interviews, this title explores how the role and purpose of 'intelligence' has evolved from its origins in nineteenth-century Ireland to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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781848858435 (hbk.)
ISBN: 1848858434 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.