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- PublisherDuffy & Snellgrove
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 187663135X
- ISBN 13 9781876631352
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages367
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The Unsleeping Eye: A Brief History of Secret Police and their Victims.
Published by
Duffy & Snellgrove, Potts Point, New South Wales, 2002
ISBN 10: 187663135X
ISBN 13: 9781876631352
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Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. photographs (illustrator). First Edition. apart from agent darkening of the page edges, there is no damage to describe. The author's story begins with the origin of the use of secret police by governments in the time of Elizabeth I, moving on to the Poli's and Minister for internal terror, then progressing via the occasional comic efforts of the Russian Czars, to the Soviet KGB to refine the art, the several organisations run by the Nazis, and closes with unearned staining far less ambitious account of J Edgar Hoover's G-men the book also has eight black-and-white full-page plates, a rogues gallery. Includes bibliography & index. Size: trade Paperback. [8], 368 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 187663135X. ISBN/EAN: 9781876631352. Inventory No: 0270936. Seller Inventory # 0270936
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The Unsleeping Eye: A Brief History of Secret Police and Their Victims
Published by
Duffy & Snellgrove, Sydney, 2002
ISBN 10: 187663135X
ISBN 13: 9781876631352
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 367 pp. Edges slightly worn, corners a little curled. Top edge of text block and outer page margins sunned. . Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. "Begins with the origins of secret policing in Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Elizabeth I of England, and Joseph Fouche, Napoleon's minister for internal terror. It then progresses, via the occasionally comic efforts of the Russian tsars, to the Soviet KGB, the several organisations run by the Nazis, and closes with the entertaining if far less ambitious efforts of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # AK0286
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