Summary
"Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft, and the Romans could not have built and protected their empire without them. Professor Sheldon uses the modern concept of the intelligence cycle to trace intelligence activities whether they were done by private citizens, the government, or the military. The range of activities is broad: intelligence and counterintelligence gathering, covert action, clandestine operations, the use of codes and ciphers, and many other types of espionage tradecraft have all left their traces in the ancient sources. This book will certainly dispel the myth that such activities are a modern invention."--BOOK JACKET.
Author Biography
Rose Mary Sheldon has been a professor at the Virginia Military Institute since 1993.
Table of Contents
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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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xiv | |
| Acknowledgments |
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| About the author |
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| Chronology |
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1 | (140) |
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Introduction: intelligence ancient and modern |
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3 | (8) |
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Trust in the gods, but verify |
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11 | (16) |
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Rome conquers Italy: methods and motives |
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27 | (14) |
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41 | (27) |
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Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy: Rome's eyes and ears in the East |
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68 | (18) |
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The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians |
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86 | (14) |
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100 | (20) |
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Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic |
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120 | (21) |
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141 | (149) |
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The Augustan revolution: communications and internal security |
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143 | (21) |
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Roman military intelligence |
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164 | (11) |
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Intelligence systems failure: the slaughter of Varus in the Teutoburgerwald |
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175 | (24) |
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Transmission and signaling |
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199 | (51) |
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250 | (11) |
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Big brother is watching you |
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261 | (14) |
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275 | (15) |
| Select bibliography |
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290 | (20) |
| Index |
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