Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution - Nagy, John A.
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Philadelphia played a key role in the history of spying during the American Revolution because it was the main location for the Continental Congress, was occupied by the British Command, and then returned to Continental control. Philadelphia became a center of spies for the British and Americans--as well as double agents. An important contribution to Revolutionary War history, Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution demonstrates that intelligence operations on both sides emanating from Pennsylvania were vast, well-designed, and critical to understanding the course and outcome of the war.…mehr

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Philadelphia played a key role in the history of spying during the American Revolution because it was the main location for the Continental Congress, was occupied by the British Command, and then returned to Continental control. Philadelphia became a center of spies for the British and Americans--as well as double agents. An important contribution to Revolutionary War history, Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution demonstrates that intelligence operations on both sides emanating from Pennsylvania were vast, well-designed, and critical to understanding the course and outcome of the war.
Autorenporträt
JOHN A. NAGY (1946-2016) was an expert on eighteenth-century documents and espionage. He is author of Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution, Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution, and Dr. Benjamin Church, Spy: A Case of Espionage on the Eve of the American Revolution.