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a tale of international intrigue and adventure. Among the best examples of the genre are works by John Buchan, Len Deighton, John le Carre, and Sapper (H. Cyril McNeile). Two directions taken by the ...
Ward, Sir Leslie
English caricaturist noted for his portraits of the prominent people of his day in the pages of Vanity Fair.espionage
process of obtaining military, political, commercial, or other secret information by means of spies, secret agents, or illegal monitoring devices. Espionage is sometimes distinguished from the ...
Norwood, Melita Sirnis
British secretary and spy (b. March 25, 1912, Pokesdown, Hampshire, Eng.-d. June 2, 2005, London, Eng.), worked quietly for the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association from 1932 until her ...
le Carre, John
English writer of suspenseful, realistic spy novels based on a wide knowledge of international espionage.Cairncross, John
British government official who was identified in 1991 as the long-sought "fifth man" in the notorious Soviet spy ring that included Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald MacLean, and Anthony Blunt (b. ...
Amin, Mustafa
outspoken Egyptian journalist and publisher who was sentenced to life imprisonment under Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser as an American spy in 1965, allegedly because he promoted Western-style democracy and ...
intelligence
Often called HUMINT, human intelligence is provided by people rather than by technical means and is very often provided by spies and covert agents. Spies are often a prime source of information about ...
Thomas, Isaiah
radical anti-British printer and journalist who published the Massachusetts Spy in Boston from 1770 to 1802. (The paper continued publication until 1904.)Deighton, Len
English author, journalist, film producer, and a leading writer of spy stories, his best-known being his first, The Ipcress File (1962), an account of deception and betrayal in an espionage agency. |
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