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Author:

Nagy, John A., author.

Title:

George Washington's secret spy war : the making of America's first spymaster / John A. Nagy.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Washington, George,--1732-1799--Career in espionage.
Espionage--United States--History--18th century.
Spies--United States--Biography.
United States--Secret service.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1250096812 (hardcover)
9781250096814 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016021588

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)