The 100 best american revolution books of all time. There were many spies that were never discovered and to this day we do not know who they were. Nagy, one of america s leading scholars on espionage during the american revolution sat down with us to share his observations on the important role that spies and spying played during the war. Both the british and the americans sent revolutionary war spies over to the others camps to discover what secrets they could. The secret cia tactics that helped america win the cold war. How george washington used spies to win the american. Making the declaration of independence by pauline maier.
Holger hoock offers a sobering corrective to the sanitized version of the american revolution passed down through generations by the victorious united states. Spies, patriots, and traitors adds a new dimension to our understanding of the american revolution. Spies of the revolutionary war documentary youtube. The books scrutiny of the tradecraft and management of revolutionary war intelligence activities will be of interest to students, scholars, intelligence professionals, and anyone who wants to learn more about this fascinating era of american history. York charged with discovering the enemys battle plans and military strategy. Introduction revolutionary war spies during the american revolutionary war both the americans and their british enemy utilized numerous spies and spying techniques to obtain crucial information about their opponent. Decipher and create historicallyaccurate spy communications like those used by george washington and the culper spy ring in the american revolutionary.
Spying in america and millions of other books are available for instant. This stunning book on top 10 books on the american revolutionary war, winner of the fraunces tavern museum award, sheds light on the 1777 war that changed american history. A list of the best revolutionary war historical fiction. Spycraft during the american revolution consisted of a complicated system of hidden. See more ideas about revolutionaries, american revolution and american revolutionary war. How george washington used spies to win the american revolution. Many spies lacked training and often had to develop strategies and skills. This was no less true during americas war for independence. Dark violence and atrocities of the revolutionary war. As head of intelligence, tallmadge created the culper code book. It details the war that was fought 12 months after the declaration of independence. Groundbreaking work is being published with greater frequency than ever and there may be titles that we missed let us know which ones you think we missed in the comments.
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