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Author:   R.M. Sheldon ,  Thomas-Durrell Young
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780786437689

ISBN 10:   0786437685
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   25 February 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments     Foreword     Preface     Introduction     Glossary     ESPIONAGE General     Road Building, Communications, Tradecraft     THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Mesopotamia and Palestine     Egypt     Assyria and Babylonia     Persia     GREECE General     The Skytale     Tachygraphy     The Spartan Krypteia     Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age     THE ROMAN REPUBLIC General     Tironian Notes     THE ROMAN EMPIRE General     Signalling     THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE General     Greek Fire     MEDIEVAL WORLD General     Dubthach Cipher & the Bamberg Cryptogram     Oghams     Bacon Cipher     Runes     The Voynich Manuscript     THE ISLAMIC WORLD General     Yezidis     RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, AFRICA Russia     China and Southeast Asia     India     Africa     An Unsolved Cryptogram: The Sator Rebus     Index    

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Splendid...accessible format with excellent indexes...provides a wealth of information...recommended - Booklist/RBB; well researched, organized and indexed...an excellent work...highly recommended - Choice; delightful and impressive work...highly informative...a reader could learn much from merely reading the introductions, annotations, and reviews - Reference & User Services Quarterly; an essential reference work - CIA Website; an immensely useful compilation...authority on the subject...the organization of the collection is solid and intelligent - Military History; comprehensive...worthwhile - Cryptologia; the first comprehensive guide to the literature of ancient intelligence...worthwhile - The Cryptogram.

Author Information

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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