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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