TY  - SOUND
AU  - Burds,Jeffrey
ED  - Recorded Books, LLC.
TI  - The second oldest profession: a world history of espionage 
T2  - The moodern scholar
SN  - 9781440772559
AV  - UB270 .B87 2011
U1  - 327.12/09 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Prince Frederick, MD
PB  - Recorded Books
KW  - Espionage
KW  - History
KW  - World politics
KW  - International relations
KW  - Audiobooks
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Compact disc; Course guide (104 p. : ill., maps) available as PDF on CD-Rom; Title from container; In container (26 cm.); "14 lectures"--Container; Includes bibliographical references (guide); A "wilderness of mirrors" -- Espionage among the ancients -- The Roman Empire -- Spies of the Vatican -- Espionage ins the time of the Religious Wars -- The Gunpowder Plot, 1605 -- The age of discovery -- Spies in the American Revolution: domestic operations -- Spies in the American Revolution: foreign operations -- Spies and the French Revolution -- Spies in the Age of Napoleon -- The American Civil War: foreign operations -- The American Civil War: domestic operations - The great game: The Russian-British confrontation in central Asia; Lecture given by Jeffrey Burds
N2  - Professor Jeffrey Burds delves into the history of espionage, opening with espionage activity in the ancient world and the Roman Empire and continuing with the American Revolution, Age of Napoleon, and the American Civil War. Throughout this discussion, it becomes evident that spying is not only a never-ending source of fascination but also a major contributor to world history and the development of nations
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ER  -