Adrian Gilbert

Learn the thrilling histories underlying tech developments and their contribution to covert operations. Primary sources like newspaper clippings and book excerpts augument the text, while Top Secret Fact boxes offer surprising details of life in the underworld.

"Discusses the skills and training needed to become a spy, spying techniques and different types of surveillance. Includes profiles of famous spies and double agents"--Provided by publisher.

Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images, The World War I Book explores the historical background of the war, its causes, all of the key events across the major theatres of conflict, and its aftermath. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key events during and surrounding the conflict - from the growing tensions between Europe's major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz...