Donald E Markle

Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War

From Library Journal Written by an intelligence professional, this treatment of Civil War espionage reflects his background; he frequently interjects his opinions and provides deep detail for operational topics. Although Markle's informal and enthusiastic style is quite readable, the book's topical ...

Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War by Donald E. Markle (January 01,2004)

The Fox and the Hound The Birth of American Spying

Intelligence Was My Line: Inside Eisenhower's Other Command

When Ralph Hauenstein became a reserve officer, he thought the skills he'd gained as newspaperman might be useful. Indeed, he spent World War 2 gathering information from sources as diverse as soldiers who were encouraged to report on one another and code books pulled from downed German planes. The ...

Pennsylvania: An Illustrated History (Hippocrene Illustrated Histories)

Originally settled by Swedes, Pennsylvania became the single largest land grant to an individual in history when Charles II of England signed it over to William Penn in 1681. The transaction never turned a profit for Penn, but proved fateful--the colony quickly evolved into a nucleus of American pol...

The Fox and the Hound: The Birth of American Spying

Most books about espionage in the American Revolutionary War tend to focus solely on General George Washington, but as noted historian Donald E. Markle explores in this fascinating account, there was an entire system of intelligence communication autonomous from his direction. General Washington and...

Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War

Covers the entire history of Civil War espionage from both the Union and Confederate armies and features appendices which list all known spies -- 432 in all -- and books written by them, as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliography.

The Telegraph Goes to War: The Personal Diary of David Homer Bates, Lincoln's Telegraph Operator

The Telegraph Goes to War: The Personal Diary of David Homer Bates, Lincoln's Telegraph Operator [Jun 01, 2003] Bates, David Homer and Markle, Donald E. ...