Cavalier and Roundhead Spies - 9781844159574

Whitehead, who has worked in the British Intelligence Corps, for an encryption software company, in risk management, and as security adviser to Historic Royal Palaces, traces the development of intelligence techniques used by both sides during the Civil Wars through Restoration and their impact on events in the UK from 1642 to 1660. He describes the use of scouts and reconnaissance, informants, the intercept of mail, and surveillance once the wars were over and the the Republic sought to defend itself from Royalist uprisings and subversive groups. He also recounts how Thomas Scot, the Republic's intelligence chief, placed agents overseas in response to the threat that foreign countries might support the Stuarts, and how under Oliver Cromwell, John Thurloe headed intelligence and used agents to counter threats at home and advance foreign policy abroad. Dist. by Casemate. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)