was perpetually undermanned, undertrained and undersupplied, he relied increasingly on his unseen weapon: a secret intelligence network. Throughout the war, Washington’s spies helped him make bold, canny decisions that would turn the tide of the conflict—and in some instances, even save his ...
George Washington’s Retirement to Mount Vernon and Death George Washington (1732-99)was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington...
Julius Caesar the Roman ruler who defeated almost all the countries in Europe about 2 000 years ago used a cipher when he sent secret messages to his troops. During the American Revolution George Washington's spies used a kind of code to send him information about the enemy before his ...
George Smiley, fictional character, a British secret service agent who appears in many of the spy stories of John le Carré, beginning with Call for the Dead (1961). Smiley is an unobtrusive secret agent who leads an unglamorous life. A deceptively bland