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The spy is as old as history but spy services are quite new. Britain founded the first, Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, in dubious circumstances in 1909. Others followed until no country considered itself a nation unless it had a corps of spies.
The biggest and most expensive is America's Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, formed as recently as 1947. The CIA's principle enemy was the Soviet Union's KGB, and the clash of these two giants has been the thrilling stuff of history, novels, films and plays.
In assessing the real role of the spy, Phillip Knightley brilliantly takes all the real characters of the spies themselves - Mata Hari, Sidney Reilly, Richard Sorge, Kim Philby, George Blake, James Jesus Angleton, Ruth Kuczinsky, the Rosenbergs - and answers the crucial question. Did they make any difference to the course of history? Or was spying the biggest confidence trick of our time?
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'If Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher and Mitterand only manage one book this year, they could do a lot worse than pick up Phillip Knightley's and discover what imbecilities are committed in the hallowed name of intelligence.' John le Carr
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'If our leaders manage only one book this year, they could do a lot worse than pick up Phillip Knightley's and discover what imbecilities are committed in the hallowed name of intelligence' - John Le Carré
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THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION: THE SPY AS PATRIOT, BUREAUCRAT, FANTASIST AND WHORE
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With B&W Illustrations (illustrator). (Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Slight creasing and fading on spine. Pages browning. A critical history of Intelligence in the 20th century. Intelligence has a very rich history, which is told here with a depth and verve never before brought to the subject. All the legends and their stories are here - Sorge, Donovan, Philby - and behind them the critical question: did any act of these spies make any difference at all in the course of history. (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Pan Books) (ISBN: 0330299638) (Pagination: 436pp, ills) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX. Seller Inventory # 21315-01
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The Second Oldest Profession: The Spy as Patriot, Bureaucrat, Fantasist and Whore
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Softcover. Condition: GOOD. With B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Spine crease. Pages tanned. 20 cm. 436 pages. History of espionage arguing that intelligence services are a much overrated asset, less decisive in war and diplomacy than their self-promotion suggests. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance. Seller Inventory # 12153
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THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION. The Spy as Bureaucrat, Patriot, Fantasist and Whore
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No jacket. With B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Pan Books, 1987. Paperback, 8vo, xi,436pp, illust. Slightly yellowed and shelfworn. A fair copy. 0330299638/0.4uk. Seller Inventory # 392459
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. With B&W Illustrations (illustrator). 1st printing thus. Glossy card cover. 128 x 198 x 28mm. 436pp. One section of photographic illustrations; source notes; select bibliography; index. Single light crease on spine; page-edges somewhat age-browned; otherwise almost as new. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive. Seller Inventory # 004767
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