| Description |
374 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
French lessons -- Drinking, flashing the ladies, and grave robbing -- Desperate times -- Pools of blood -- Quaker chicanery -- We danced the minuet -- Double agents -- Traitors and licensed spies -- Black chambers and the medicine factory -- Petite guerre -- Deception battle plan: the objective -- Deception battle plan: enemy assumptions -- Deception battle plan: method -- Deception battle plan: the sting-executing the plan -- Deception battle plan: exploitation -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Reveals how George Washington became one of the eighteenth century's greatest, and America's first, spymaster, describing how he honed his espionage skills during the French and Indian War and exploited them during the Revolution. |
| Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Career in espionage.
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| Subject(S) |
Espionage -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Making of America's first spymaster |
| ISBN |
9781250096814 (hardcover) |
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1250096812 (hardcover) |
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