Download or read book Napoleon s Spies written by Dominique Poirier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time since more than half a century a French spy of the DGSE, the French foreign intelligence agency breaks the wall of secrecy. The author, who voluntarily enlisted in espionage in 1980 and left in the early 2000s, describes the extent of domestic spying in France, and how French spies are recruited and trained. He also delivers numerous detailed explanations on the sophisticated way France carries out influence and cultural warfare. And he explains how the DGSE conducts its espionage operations abroad and in the United States in particular, the country where this agency is the most active since the 1960s. Along the 600 pages of this dense book, the reader will discover how deceptive the appearances of mutual understanding between France and the United States are, and the realities of the untold special relationship between France and Russia in the context of intelligence. The reader must not expect to find in this book the personal story of a spy, but rather a highly detailed report enhanced with numerous real examples and anecdotes, with a focus on influence, propaganda and cultural warfare. Technical sketches and maps are added whenever necessary. Dominique Poirier, the author grew up in a family whose members were involved in intelligence since the WWII. His stepfather was a high-ranking executive in domestic intelligence (the Renseignements Generaux). His elder brother was recruited in domestic intelligence in the 1960s, and he was steered towards counterespionage in the mid-1970s, a branch in which he immediately specialized in operations against Great Britain and the United States. Dominique Poirier joined the DGSE when this intelligence agency still was called SDECE, one year before the Socialist Party took the power in France, and ten year before the end of the Cold War. A few years later, this agency steered him towards influence and cultural warfare, a growing branch of the whole French intelligence community at that time. From the early 1990s on, he was increasingly involved in intelligence activities against the United States with a specialty in influence and propaganda, a period when he began to be introduced to the join intelligence operations between the DGSE and its German counterpart the BND. From 1996 on, he was progressively enlightened on the French Russian special relationship, and he began to meet agents and intelligence officers of the SVR RF, the foreign intelligence agency of the Russian Federation that succeeded the KGB.

Download or read book This Dark Business written by Tim Clayton and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of unprecedented scope and intensity to persuade George III's reluctant subjects to fight the Napoleonic War, a war to the death against one man: the Corsican usurper and tyrant. This Dark Business tells the story of the British government's determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any means possible. We have been taught to think of Napoleon as the aggressor - a man with an unquenchable thirst for war and glory - but what if this story masked the real truth: that the British refusal to make peace either with revolutionary France or with the man who claimed to personify the revolution was the reason this Great War continued for more than twenty years? At this pivotal moment when it consolidated its place as number one world power Britain was uncompromising. To secure the continuing rule of Church and King, the British invented an evil enemy, the perpetrator of any number of dark deeds; and having blackened Napoleon's name, with the help of networks of French royalist spies and hitmen, they also tried to assassinate him. This Dark Business plunges the reader into the hidden underworld of Georgian politics in which, faced with the terrifying prospect of revolution, bribery and coercion are the normal means to secure compliance, a ruthless world of spies, plots and lies.

Download or read book Spies in the Vatican written by David J. Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging across two centuries of world history, Alvarez's fascinating study throws open the Vatican's doors to reveal the startling but little-known world of espionage in one of the most sacred places on earth.

Download or read book Spies and Secret Service written by Hamil Grant and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Q s Historical Legacy XVIII Spies Tales of Espionage in the Napoleonic Wars written by N. P. Cooper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Q had a fascination with the Napoleonic Wars and with adventure, escapades and escapes. This volume contains the following four tales relating to two spies of the same name and are all based on fact: - 'Two Scouts', is written in the context of the Battles of Huerta and Sabugal and tells of a lucky escape whilst one pretended to be a surgeon-barber. 'The Cellars of Rueda' tells of the escape of McNeill/Grant to paris where he manages to get to Paris, assumes the identity of a recently deceased American and manages to escape to England before returning 18 months later to serve under Wellington again. 'The Rider in the Dawn' recounts the activities of McNeill/Grant in Corsica, the island of Napoleon's birth. 'The Guitar and the Lamp' tells of an encounter between both those with the family name Macneill (Grant) in Salamanca

Download or read book The Secret World written by Christopher Andrew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macintyre in The New York Times Book Review The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful WWII intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of WWI, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and eighteenth-century British statesmen. In the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian and New York Times–bestselling author Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its continuing relevance. “Accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling . . . a stellar achievement.” —Edward Lucas, The Times “For anyone with a taste for wide-ranging and shrewdly gossipy history—or, for that matter, for anyone with a taste for spy stories—Andrew’s is one of the most entertaining books of the past few years.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Remarkable for its scope and delightful for its unpredictable comparisons . . . there are important lessons for spymasters everywhere in this breathtaking and brilliant book.” —Richard J. Aldrich, Times Literary Supplement “Fans of Fleming and Furst will delight in this skillfully related true-fact side of the story.” —Kirkus Reviews “A crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world.” —Financial Times Includes illustrations

Download or read book Secret Memoirs of Napoleon Buonaparte written by Charles Doris and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon and Bl cher written by Luise Mühlbach and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Spies and Espionage written by Rodney P. Carlisle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies & Espionage is a a fascinating look at spies and espionage of the 20th century. Covers the Zimmerman note in World War I, Pearl Harbor's impact on U.S. intelligence planning, the role of the OSS in World War II, atomic spies and American moles in Washington, McCarthy and the professional anti-Communists, intelligence in the Gulf War, Robert Hanssen and Wen Ho Lee, and intelligence in the War on Terror. Offers a comprehensive look as well as fascinating details, from surveillance techniques and espionage equipment to the myths and realities.

Download or read book Napoleon and Blucher written by Luise Mühlbach and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1893 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Terror Before Trafalgar written by Tom Pocock and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2003 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon's threatened invasion of England is examined, revealing a "secret war" being waged between the two powers employing spies and new weapons.

Download or read book The Napoleonic Wars written by Todd Fisher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1808 Napoleon dominated Europe, but the peace was not to survive for long. Todd Fisher continues his detailed account of the Napoleonic Wars with Austria's attack against Napoleon in 1809. Despite being defeated at Aspern-Essling, Napoleon rallied his forces and emerged triumphant at Wagram. With glorious victory behind him Napoleon now turned his attention to Russia and invaded in 1812. Yet the army was not the Grand Armee of old, and even the capture of Moscow availed him nothing--the foe remained elusive, the decisive battle remained unfought. This book tells the full story of the now legendary retreat from Moscow, as the fighting force that had vanquished Europe perished in the snows of the Russian winter.

Download or read book Killing Napoleon written by Jonathan North and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing story that is still largely unknown in the English-speaking world - the plot to blow up Napoleon, an early terrorist attack on Europe's most powerful man, with striking parallels to today.

Download or read book The World s Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents written by George Barton and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book This Dark Business written by Tim Clayton and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of World Progress written by Willis Mason West and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World progress in the West.

Download or read book The Eye in History written by Frank Joseph Goes and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eye in History is a comprehensive manual describing the structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and their treatment. Beginning with an introduction to anatomy and discussion on different disorders, the authors also review eye diseases of famous historical people and perception differences between men and women. The final sections discuss eye surgery and future technologies including the bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy. Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of the Goes Eye Centre in Belgium, this multi-authored book has contributions from specialists throughout Europe, as well as the USA. 830 full colour images and illustrations assist comprehension. Key points Comprehensive guide to structure and function of the eye, ocular disorders and treatment Includes sections on eye diseases of famous historical people, the art of painting and perception Discusses future technologies including bionic eye, nanotechnology and gene therapy Edited by Frank Joseph Goes of Goes Eye Centre, Belgium, with contributions from authors across Europe and the USA Features 830 full colour images and illustrations