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Intelligence Gathering and Espionage.

Intelligence Gathering and Espionage.   Reference library

John Ferris and Paul S. Boyer

The Oxford Companion to United States History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
1,010 words
“Intelligence” is information gathered by a government or other institution to guide decisions and actions; “espionage” is the collection of intelligence through clandestine means. Deeply ... More
Robert Peel

Robert Peel  

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Subject:
History, Regional and National History
(1788–1850),British politician. He spent the first three years of his parliamentary career as MP for the Irish rotten borough of Cashel, transferring to an English constituency when he became ...
William Pitt

William Pitt  

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Subject:
History, Regional and National History
(1759–1806),known as Pitt the Younger. Prime minister. The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham, was educated privately and at Cambridge. From an early age, his father supervised his ...

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