Declassified : 50 Top-Secret Documents That Changed History (Paperback)

from dwilton

"Declassified" is arranged in 50 sections, each addressing a formerly secret document that is now available to the public. The documents range from a 1588 letter from a spy to Sir Francis Walsingham detailing the Spanish plans for the Armada to the August 2001 Presidential Daily Brief titled "Bin...

from MarthaJeanne

However important the issues, the documents themselves were usually not that interesting or important - or at least not the parts that are shown. I also found the constant jumping around in history to be difficult to follow. Documents closely related are in different chapters.

from sgtbigg

Mr. Allen has written an interesting book. He briefly discusses 50 of the most important/prominent espionage stories in history. The only issue I have with the book is the discussion of each story often seemed too brief. Most sections only contained three or four pages, giving only the briefest g...

from Schmerguls

This book examines 50 documents which "changed history." Two or three pages are devoted to each document--some are documents which I have read whole books on. The prose is National Georgraphic prose, and I could not get too caught up by the book, though some of the entries are of highly interesti...

from papyri

A very interesting book about the world of espionage, spys and spying. There is something for multiple interests from how George Washington used fake battle plans, how a hollow nickle was used to transmit secret information, to various Cold War activities and more recent events. The book was well...