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GLOSSARY
ambushes surprise attacks from a
hallucinate to see things that
hidden position
aren’t there
armed truce an agreement to
journalist a person who writes
stop fighting, but each side keeps
for a newspaper or magazine
their weapons in case they start to
landmarks buildings or objects
fight again
that stand out and help you find
authenticity something authentic
your way
is real, genuine
reconnaissance checking out a
besieged surrounded by the
place for the first time, or finding
enemy (in a castle or city) and
information of military use
unable to get out
sabotage to wreck or undermine
crucial the most important, vital
tools, work, etc. on purpose
communism a political system
(eg computer viruses used to
in which the government of the
sabotage networks)
country runs everything and
spymaster the boss of a spy
property is shared equally
agency
democracy a political system
suicide to kill yourself (eg when
(or country) in which the
a spy doesn’t want to be forced
government is elected by the
to speak)
people
viruses in the case of computers,
demolition destroying a building,
programs written to wreck the
bridge, etc.
working of the computer or a
diploma document from a school
network, often sent by e-mail
or university to show that the
visa special stamp on a passport
person has passed their final exams
which allows the owner to enter
espionage spying
a country
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WHERE TO FIND OUT MORE
Books
• www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/
Kate Walker and Elaine Argaet,
wwtwo/enigma_01.shtml
Spies in History,
Spies and Their Gadgets,
(the BBC is always good for general
So You Want to Be a Spy,
homework help)
Super Spies of World War I,
• www.cia.gov
Super Spies of World War II,
(has all the spy gadget stuff in the
Famous Spy Cases,
‘spy museum’ section and even a
all in the Spies and Spying series,
‘so you wanna be a spy’ section)
Macmillan Education Australia,
Melbourne, 2003
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Paul Thomas, Secret Agents,
Ninja
Belitha Press, London, 2002
For teachers
Richard Platt, Spy, Eyewitness
Norman Polmor and Thomas
Guide, Dorling Kindersley,
Allen, Spy Book; the Encyclopedia
London, 1996
of Espionage, 2nd ed., Random
House, New York, 2004
Websites
• www.codesandciphers.org.uk
Heather Rossiter, Lady Spy,
•
Gentleman Explorer: the Life
www.wikipedia.org
of Herbert Dyce Murphy,
(a free on-line encyclopedia)
Random House, Sydney, 2001
• www.bletchleypark.org.uk
Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo’s Egg:
(has information about Enigma
tracking a spy through the maze
and Colossus and a special young
of computer espionage, Pan,
codebreakers page, with links to
London, 1991
other sites)
• www.home.netspeed.com.au/
• http://members.tripod.com/
reguli/samhist.htm
spylopedia/Mainn2.htm
(this URL will get teachers to an
(a very good general site, but as it’s
article about historical persons
a ‘members’ site, not an official one,
mentioned, or characters in the
it might disappear suddenly)
TV series ‘The Samurai’)
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INDEX
Acoustic Kitty,
Edmonds, Sarah
pigeons, carrier 42
Operation 51–2
Emma 10, 17–18
Philby, Kim 57
Alfred the Great 2
Enigma 47–50
Popov, Dusko 66–7
Behn, Aphra 62–4
Erickson, Eric 32–4
Rome (spies) 5–8
Bletchley Park 48, 50
Fleming, Ian 60, 66
Rosenberg, Julius and
Bond, James 60, 66
frequency hopping 43
Ethel 57–8
Boyd, Belle 22–3
Fuma, Kotaro
samurai 77, 78
bug, tiger droppings
Nobuyuki 80
satellites 24
44
gadgets, spy 38–50
SOE (Special
bug, dragonfly 41
goggles, night vision
Operations
bug, US Great Seal 41
39, 40
Executive) 28,
Buchan, John 60
gun, lipstick 39
31, 40
Caesar, Julius 8
hackers, computer 69
spread spectrum
Cambridge spies
Hari, Mata 26–7
technology 43
56–7
Hess, Markus 74
Spywords 35–7
cameras 38, 39
Stasi 59
Castro, Fidel 54–5
ink, invisible 21
Stoll, Clifford 70–5
catfish, robot 44
KGB 39, 74
Szabo, Violette
CIA 41, 42, 44, 51,
29–30
Lamarr, Hedy 43
54, 55, 73
Trojan Horse
Civil War, American
Magic Gang 46, 47
(computer virus) 5
(spies) 15–24
Marlowe,
Trojan War 2–4
coins, microdot 38
Christopher 61–2
Troy, Helen of 2, 3
Cold War 52, 53, 56
Maskelyne, Jasper
Tubman, Harriet
Colossus 48
45–7
16–17
cyber-spying 68–75
Murphy, Herbert
Dyce (Edith) 11–13
Van Lew, Elizabeth
Dabney, Mr and Mrs
(Crazy Bet) 20–1
18–19
nightingale floors 78
dead drop 34
ninja 76–83
Wake, Nancy (White
Defoe, Daniel 64–5
ninjutsu 76
Mouse) 27–9
D’Eon, Chevalier
World Wars (spies)
Odysseus 3
13–14
25–34
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Document Outline
Part title
About the series
Title page
Contents
Why spies?
1 Sneaky spies and greek gifts
2 What you see is what you get - not!
3 Belle, Bet and Harriet: women undercover
4 Secret Service in the two World Wars
5 Spy gadgets and secret weapons
6 Cool cats and col
d war disasters
7 Best-selling spies
8 Cyber-spying
9 Short Ninja, tall tales
About the author/illustrator
Thanks
Glossary
Where to find out more
Index
Part title
About the series
Title page
Contents
Why spies?
1 Sneaky spies and greek gifts
2 What you see is what you get - not!
3 Belle, Bet and Harriet: women undercover
4 Secret Service in the two World Wars
5 Spy gadgets and secret weapons
6 Cool cats and cold war disasters
7 Best-selling spies
8 Cyber-spying
9 Short Ninja, tall tales
About the author/illustrator
Thanks
Glossary
Where to find out more
Index
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