The secret world: a history of intelligence

The Lost History of Global Intelligence

In the Beginning: Spies of the Bible and Ancient Egypt from Moses to the Last Supper

Intelligence Operations in Ancient Greece: Myth and Reality from Odysseus to Alexander the Great

Intelligence and Divination in the Roman Republic

The Art of War and the Arthashastra: How China and India Took an Early Lead over Greece and Rome

The Roman Empire and the Untermenschen

Muhammad and the Rise of Islamic Intelligence

Inquisitions and Counter-Subversion

Renaissance Venice and the Rise of Western Intelligence

Ivan the Terrible and the Origins of Russian State Security

Elizabeth I, Walsingham and the Rise of English Intelligence

The Decline of Early Stuart and Spanish Intelligence, and the Rise of the French Cabinet Noir

Intelligence and Regime Change in Britain: From the Civil War to the Popish Plot

Intelligence in the Era of the Sun King

Codebreakers and Spies in Ancien Régime Europe: From the Hanoverian Succession to the Seven Years War

Intelligence and American Independence

The French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars

The Napoleonic Wars

Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part I: From the Congress of Vienna to the 1848 Revolutions

Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part II: From 1848 to the Death of Karl Marx

The Telegraph, Mid-Century Wars and the 'Great Game'

'The Golden Age of Assassination': Anarchists, Revolutionaries and the Black Hand, 1880-1914

The Great Powers and Foreign Intelligence, 1890-1909

Intelligence and the Coming of the First World War

The First World War. Part 1: From the Outbreak of War to the Zimmermann Telegram

The First World War. Part 2: From American Intervention to Allied Victory

Sigint and Humint between the Wars

The 'Big Three' and Second World War Intelligence

Intelligence and the Victory of the Grand Alliance

The Cold War and the Intelligence Superpowers

'Holy Terror': From the Cold War to 9/11

Twenty-First-Century Intelligence in Long-Term Perspective.

Introduction: The Lost History of Global Intelligence

1. In the Beginning: Spies of the Bible and Ancient Egypt from Moses to the Last Supper

2. Intelligence Operations in Ancient Greece: Myth and Reality from Odysseus to Alexander the Great

3. Intelligence and Divination in the Roman Republic

4. The Art of War and the Arthashastra: How China and India Took an Early Lead over Greece and Rome

5. The Roman Empire and the Untermenschen

6. Muhammad and the Rise of Islamic Intelligence

7. Inquisitions and Counter-Subversion

8. Renaissance Venice and the Rise of Western Intelligence

9. Ivan the Terrible and the Origins of Russian State Security

10. Elizabeth I, Walsingham and the Rise of English Intelligence

11. The Decline of Early Stuart and Spanish Intelligence, and the Rise of the French Cabinet Noir

12. Intelligence and Regime Change in Britain: From the Civil War to the Popish Plot

13. Intelligence and the Era of the Sun King

14. Codebreakers and Spies in Ancien Régime Europe: From the Hanoverian Succession to the Seven Years War

15. Intelligence and American Independence

16. The French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars

17. The Napoleonic Wars

18. Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part I: From the Congress of Vienna to the 1848 Revolutions

19. Intelligence and Counter-Revolution. Part II: From 1848 to the Death of Karl Marx

20. The Telegraph, Mid-Century Wars and the 'Great Game'

21. 'The Golden Age of Assassination: Anarchists, Revolutionaries and the Black Hand, 1880-1914

22. The Great Powers and Foreign Intelligence, 1890-1909

23. Intelligence and the Coming of the First World War

24. The First World War. Part I: From the Outbreak of War to the Zimmermann Telegram

25. The First World War. Part 2: From American Intervention to Allied Victory

26. SIGINT and HUMINT between the Wars

27. The 'Big Three' and Second World War Intelligence

28. Intelligence and the Victory of the Grand Alliance

29. The Cold War and the Intelligence Superpowers

30. 'Holy Terror': From the Cold War to 9/11

Conclusion: Twenty-First-Century Intelligence in Long-Term Perspective.