the ancient Near East, Persia, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, the Arab Muslim Empires, the Mongol Empire, China, Muscovy.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New Brunswick, N.J.,
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rutgers University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1974]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 334 pages
Other Physical Details
illustrations
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.