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Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War (Paperback, Revised And Expanded Ed)
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Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War (Paperback, Revised And Expanded Ed)
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List price R498
Loot Price R473
Discovery Miles 4 730
You Save R25 (5%)
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"The history of Civil War espionage is usually mentioned only in
passing in general accounts of the war. Lying under a cloud of
romanticism, its details have had to be ferreted out in specialized
sources. For his complete account of the subject, Markle draws upon
just about all the available material and summarizes it with
judgment, balance, clarity, and occasional wit. Among the subtopics
are technology (photography for mapmaking and Confederate use of a
forerunner of microfilm), the value of women spies (less subject to
suspicion, they could move with greater freedom than male spies),
and the roles of blacks as spies. A good case could be made that
this volume is the single most valuable contribution to general
Civil War literature so far this year. "--Booklist
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