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02359aam a22004454i 4500 001 289A4FCC815311E6B848AE91DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160923010122 008 160624t20162016nyuaf rb 001 0deng d 010 $a 2016021588 020 $a 1250096812 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781250096814 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E279 $b .N339 2016 082 00 $a 973.3/85092 $2 23 100 1 $a Nagy, John A., $e author. 245 10 $a George Washington's secret spy war : $b the making of America's first spymaster / $c John A. Nagy. 264 1 $a New York, N.Y. : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2016. 300 $a viii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $x Career in espionage. 650 0 $a Espionage $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Spies $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Secret service. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Secret service. 941 $a 10 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021021944.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014149.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706011629.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722053443.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110070213.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717032311.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107051149.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006101247.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20161216012331.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160923010808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=289A4FCC815311E6B848AE91DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search