Espionage in the Ancient World: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles in Western Languages

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Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft. Ancient governments, like modern ones, realized that to keep their borders safe, control their populations, and keep abreast of developments abroad, they needed a means to collect intelligence.

This is a comprehensive guide to books and periodical articles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, and Dutch-with annotations in English-on intelligence collection and analysis, counterintelligence,...

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About the Book Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft. Ancient governments, like modern ones, realized that to keep their borders safe, control ... their populations, and keep abreast of political developments abroad, they needed a means to collect the intelligence which enabled them to make informed decisions. Today we are well aware of the damage spies can do. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide to the literature of ancient intelligence. The entries present books and periodical articles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, and Dutch--with annotations in English. These works address such subjects as intelligence collection and analysis (political and military), counterintelligence, espionage, cryptology (Greek and Latin), tradecraft, covert action, and similar topics (it does not include general battle studies and general discussions of foreign policy). Sections are devoted to general espionage, intelligence related to road building, communication, and tradecraft, intelligence in Greece, during the reign of Alexander the Great and in the Hellenistic Age, in the Roman republic, the Roman empire, the Byzantine empire, the Muslim world, and in Russia, China, India, and Africa. The books can be located in libraries in the United States; in cases where volumes are in one library only, the author indicates where they may be found. Read more Show Less

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Overview

Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft. Ancient governments, like modern ones, realized that to keep their borders safe, control their populations, and keep abreast of developments abroad, they needed a means to collect intelligence.

This is a comprehensive guide to books and periodical articles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, and Dutch-with annotations in English-on intelligence collection and analysis, counterintelligence, espionage, cryptology (Greek and Latin), tradecraft, covert action, and similar topics.

Ancient Greece, the Roman empire, the Byzantine empire, the medieval world, the Muslim world, and Russia, China, India, and Africa are covered. The books can generally be found in U.S. libraries. For volumes that are in one place only, that library is identified.

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R.M. Sheldon is a professor of history and department head at the Virginia Military Institute

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786437689
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 12/28/2007
  • Pages: 244
  • Product dimensions: 6.12 (w) x 8.92 (h) x 0.58 (d)

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R.M. Sheldon is a professor of history and department head at the Virginia Military Institute. She currently serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Military History, Small Wars and Insurgencies and the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. She is the author of numerous books and articles on intelligence gathering in the ancient world and lives in Buena Vista, Virginia.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Foreword     1
Preface     3
Introduction     7
Glossary     11
Espionage-General     15
Road Building, Communications, Tradecraft     18
The Ancient Near East
Mesopotamia and Palestine     29
Egypt     36
Assyria and Babylonia     46
Persia     49
Greece
General     54
The Skytale     72
Tachygraphy     76
The Spartan krypteia     79
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age     81
The Roman Republic
General     85
Tironian Notes     90
The Roman Empire
General     96
Signalling     141
The Byzantine Empire
General     149
Greek Fire     159
Medieval World
General     161
Dubthach Cipher & the Bamberg Cryptogram     170
Oghams     171
Bacon Cipher     173
Runes     173
The Voynich Manuscript     175
The Islamic World
General     177
Yezidis     183
Russia, China, India, Africa
Russia     184
China and Southeast Asia     185
India     187
Africa     189
An Unsolved Cryptogram: The Sator Rebus     189
Index     219
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