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" Origins of intelligence services: "
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BL
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846099
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Dvornik, Francis,1893-1975.
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Origins of intelligence services: : the ancient Near East, Persia, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, the Arab Muslim Empires, the Mongol Empire, China, Muscovy.
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New Brunswick, N.J.,: Rutgers University Press, [1974]
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xvi, 334 pages: illustrations; 24 cm
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0813507642
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: 9780813507644
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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I. Intelligence in the Ancient Near East -- II. Intelligence in the Roman Empire -- III. Byzantine Intelligence Service -- IV. Intelligence in the Arab Muslim Empires -- V. Intelligence in the Mongol Empire -- VI. Intelligence in the Muscovite State -- Index.
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Efficient, swift, and dependable intelligence services were essential to the growth and well-being of every major empire in recorded history. Tactics and devices of amazing subtlety- such as secret police, counter-intelligence, and, above all, swift communications, were employed even by the early civilizations of the ancient Near East. Perhaps the supreme accomplishment of its time was the vast intelligence network established by the Mongol Empire, which extended from the Pacific Ocean westward to the heart of central Europe.
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History, Ancient.
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Intelligence service-- History.
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Middle Ages.
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Histoire ancienne.
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Moyen Âge-- Histoire.
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Service des renseignements-- Histoire.
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History, Ancient.
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Intelligence service.
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Middle Ages.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.3/432/09
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| LC Classification
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UB250.D86 1974
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cci1icclacc
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Hc IV:190utk
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Hc IV:27utk
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O 91utk
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