Bibliograph

Eyewitness Spy, written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Geoff Dann and Steve Gorton

Type

Label

Eyewitness Spy, written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Geoff Dann and Steve Gorton

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eyewitness Spy

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

326860896

Responsibility statement

written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Geoff Dann and Steve Gorton

Series statement

DK eyewitness books

Summary

"This book presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service. You can also be an eyewitness to some of the world's most shadowy characters, and get the inside scoop on the ingenious gadgets that real-life spies have used to gather and send information without getting caught." --Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

What is a spy? -- Types of spy -- Secret tool kit -- Seeing the invisible -- Bugs and taps -- Listening in -- Dropping in -- Animal spies -- Secret messages -- Codes and ciphers -- Intercepts and code-breaking -- Concealment -- Spies at war -- Cover story -- Agents, moles and defectors -- Secret weapons -- Cold War -- Spymasters -- Secret services -- Surveillance at work -- Industrial espionage -- Counterintelligence -- Spy-catching -- Spying without spies -- Spying today -- Spying and you -- Famous spies -- Spies in fiction -- Rogues' gallery -- Timeline of modern spying -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Spy

Contributor

Creator