PUPPET MASTERS, THE : Spies, Traitors, and the Real Forces Behind World Events
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John-Hughes Wilson is a recently retired Colonel in British military intelligence. He reveals how intelligence is the hidden hand behind major events, from stunning military victories to disasters like Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
It soon emerges that the Cold War spying game, as depicted by John Le Carre, has been going on for centuries. Almost every devious trick used by the KGB or the CIA would have been familiar to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I's intelligence chief. He trapped Mary Queen of Scots in a conspiracy that lead to her execution: a brilliant operation that involved breaking Spanish codes, torturing their spies and turning many into double-agents. His methods, and his conviction that 'the end justifies the means', have been shared by successful intellig4ence chiefs from Roman times t the present day.
He argues that Military Intelligence - not prostitution - is the world's 'oldest profession', but the two often overlap. From the prostitute in Jericho who hid Joshua's spies to the infamous KGB 'honey traps' that ensnared CIA agents, politicians and businessmen, ladies of the night appear with salacious frequency in the story.
PUPPET MASTERS, THE: Spies, Traitors, and the Real Forces Behind World Events,John Hughes-Wilson,Weidenfeld and Nicolson,0297846159,History - Military / War,Military - Intelligence/Espionage,Science/Mathematics,History / Military / Other,Military intelligence
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