About this item
Students and enthusiasts of American history are familiar with the Revolutionary War spies Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold, but few studies have closely examined the wider intelligence efforts that enabled the colonies to gain their independence. Spies, Patriots, and Traitors provides readers with a fascinating, well-documented, and highly readable account of American intelligence activities during the era of the Revolutionary War, from 1765 to 1783, while describing the intelligence sources and methods used and how our Founding Fathers learned and practiced their intelligence role. The author, a retired CIA officer, provides insights into these events from an intelligence professional's perspective, highlighting the tradecraft of intelligence collection, counterintelligence, and covert actions and relating how many of the principles of the era's intelligence practice are still relevant today.
About the Author
My hope in writing this book is to provide a view of the American Revolutionary period (1765 - 1783) from the perspective of when and how intelligence activities affected political and military events. My target audiences are those interested in the history of the revolutionary struggle and those interested in how intelligence operations are conducted and impact events. The book is a comprehensive overview, but also provides sources and references to allow those interested to further study specific individuals and incidents discussed. It incudes a timeline and glossary of tradecraft terms to assist readers.
