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_b.A387 2008
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100 1 _aAllen, Thomas B.
245 1 0 _aDeclassified :
_b50 top-secret documents that changed history /
_cThomas B. Allen ; foreword by Peter Earnest.
246 3 0 _a50 top-secret documents that changed history
246 3 0 _aFifty top-secret documents that changed history
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bNational Geographic,
_c
300 _a320 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 308-311) and index.
505 0 _a1: SECRETS OF WAR. Spying on the Armada ; Washington finds a spy ; Benedict Arnold becomes a spy ; The lady is a spy ; A golden export to Canada ; T.R. remembers the Maine ; A telegram's special delivery ; The man who started a war ; Eavesdropping on Roosevelt and Churchill ; Planning the "final solution" ; Seeking justice for saboteurs ; Stalin approves a war ; The Pentagon Papers' legacy ; 16 troublesome words -- 2: DOUBLE AGENTS, TURNCOATS, AND TRAITORS. Captain Henry's $50,000 letters ; Lincoln's double agent ; Whose ace of spies? ; The double agent's dog ; The spy in the tunnel ; The Pumpkin Papers -- 3: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: SPY VS. SPY. The knight was a spy ; The million-document spy ; The Soviets' key man ; The spy drove a Jaguar ; The FBI mole -- 4: A BODYGUARD OF LIES. George Washington's lies ; The trick that won Midway ; The star of double-cross ; "A diversionary maneuver" ; Mincemeat swallowed whole ; Broadcasting believable lies ; The game against England -- 5: ESPIONAGE ACCIDENTS. Lee's lost order ; Papers from a corpse ; The hollow nickel -- 6: IN DEFENSE OF THE REALM. The beer barrel letters ; A map for the Mideast ; An ambassador's doubts ; Secret notes at Yalta ; A package in the snow -- 7: THE SECRET STATE. A secret request to Congress ; An enduring lie ; The Dreyfus affair ; The FBI and Trotsky ; Tap, tap, tap ; Bombs of a new type ; The magic messages ; The golden age of Soviet espionage ; The family jewels ; For the President's eyes only.
520 _a"Ranging in history from an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth I to the creation of the Nazi Final Solution and to the Presidential Daily Brief from August 2001 that warned that Osama Bin Laden was planning an attack on the U.S., the documents in Declassified offer an intriguing glimpse into the world of espionage and covert operations over hundreds of years."--Jacket.
650 0 _aEspionage
_xHistory.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSubversive activities
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDefense information, Classified
_xHistory.
650 7 _aDefense information, Classified.
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_0(OCoLC)fst00889677
650 7 _aEspionage.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00915379
650 7 _aIntelligence service.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00975848
650 7 _aSubversive activities.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01136956
650 7 _aSpionage
_2gnd
650 7 _aGeheimdienst
_2gnd
650 0 7 _aWeltgeschichte.
_2swd
650 7 _aGeheimdokument
_2gnd
650 1 _aIntelligence service
_xHistory.
648 7 _aGeschichte
_2swd
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 4 _aChildren's nonfiction.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009275778-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009275778-d.html
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