From Christopher Dickey, the author of "Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South" and "Securing the City," this site provides updates and footnotes on history, espionage, terrorism, fanaticism, policing and counterinsurgency linked to Dickey's columns for The Daily Beast and his other writings; also, occasional dialogues, diatribes, and contributions from friends.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
My Recent Essays on Cuba, Slave Spies in the Confederacy, the Capture of a Terrorist, and The Phantom Palace of Paris
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Will Obama Meet the Invisible Cubans?
As the U.S.... MOREARTICLE
Black Spies in a Confederate White House
How a secret intelligence network successfully spied on Confederate leader Jefferson Davis in his... MOREARTICLE
‘Most-Wanted’ Terrorist Caught
Salah Abdeslam did not escape to Syria, he just went back to his old ’hood in Belgium, where people... MOREARTICLE
The Phantom Palace of Paris
The Parisian residence of kings and emperors disappeared almost 150 years ago, but its shadow, and... MORE
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