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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How do states govern what they cannot fully see The Roman Empire is often explained through its armies, its laws, and its administrative reach. Yet these elements alone cannot account for its durability. Beneath visible institutions lay a more elusive and decisive problem: how to manage internal uncertainty-how to identify disloyalty, interpret ambiguous signals, and act before threat becomes visible.Roman Empire and Counterintelligence offers a new interpretation of Roman statehood by examining internal security not as episodic repression, but as a structural condition of power. It argues that counterintelligence-understood as the continuous effort to detect, anticipate, and manage internal political threat-was not a marginal feature of Roman governance, but one of its defining logics.Drawing on classical sources, legal texts, and modern analytical frameworks, the book shows how Rome developed a distributed system of internal security embedded in law, institutions, military organization, and political culture. Surveillance, informants, anticipatory law, and the management of fear were not anomalies of imperial excess; they were adaptive responses to the vulnerabilities inherent in governing a vast and heterogeneous empire.The study moves beyond historical reconstruction. It develops a broader theoretical argument about the nature of statehood itself, demonstrating that internal security emerges wherever political systems must operate under conditions of incomplete information and shifting loyalty.The book also introduces Institutional Counterintelligence Analysis (ICA), an original analytical discipline that examines how institutional environments generate distortion, asymmetry, and hidden vulnerability. Applied retrospectively to the Roman case, ICA reveals patterns of power and control that remain relevant to modern systems of governance.This is not a book about repression alone, nor about administrative efficiency in isolation. It is a study of how power operates when certainty is impossible-and how states learn to survive within that condition.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Organized crime is rarely understood from the outside. Its internal logic becomes visible only when someone enters the system itself.Undercover Wars explores the analytical foundations of infiltration into organized criminal networks and the institutional environments in which such operations become necessary. The book examines how criminal organizations develop, how they interact with economic and administrative structures, and why conventional investigative methods often fail to interpret their internal dynamics.Organized crime is frequently described through its visible elements-illegal enterprises, financial schemes, and acts of violence. Yet these descriptions rarely capture the deeper structure of criminal environments. Such systems function through informal authority, internal codes of loyalty, strategic adaptation, and the continuous management of risk.This book focuses on the analytical preparation required for infiltration into such environments and the intellectual discipline needed to sustain operations over time. Rather than presenting sensational accounts of covert activity, it analyzes the structural conditions that make infiltration necessary and the role of interpretation in navigating complex human systems.Particular attention is given to the relationship between criminal organizations and institutional structures, the emergence of hybrid criminal networks in contemporary economies, and the challenges faced by state institutions attempting to understand and penetrate these environments.Undercover Wars presents undercover work as a demanding analytical practice carried out within complex institutional frameworks. It reflects on the responsibilities, risks, and professional judgment required from those who operate within such environments on behalf of the state.Written for readers interested in intelligence work, organized crime, and institutional security, the book offers a structured examination of how complex criminal systems are interpreted and confronted in the modern world.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Intelligence and Counterintelligence: History, Modernity, Facts offers a structured analytical examination of the historical development, institutional transformation, and theoretical foundations of intelligence and counterintelligence in the modern state.The book traces the evolution of intelligence from early statecraft and military reconnaissance to the formation of professional intelligence institutions in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Particular attention is devoted to the structural relationship between intelligence analysis, national security, military strategy, and political decision-making.Rather than presenting memoirs or operational narratives, this work focuses on conceptual clarity, institutional logic, and analytical methodology. It examines how intelligence systems adapt to technological change, hybrid threats, geopolitical competition, and the growing complexity of global security environments.The study integrates historical analysis with contemporary strategic theory, offering a systematic perspective on intelligence as both a state function and a professional discipline.This book is intended for scholars, students of political science and security studies, military professionals, and readers interested in the theoretical and institutional dimensions of intelligence and counterintelligence.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Come riuscì Roma a governare per secoli un territorio immenso senza servizi di intelligence moderni e senza poter sapere con certezza che cosa accadeva nelle province, negli eserciti e persino all'interno delle proprie élite Questo libro racconta l'Impero romano da una prospettiva poco conosciuta: quella del controspionaggio e della sicurezza interna. Dalla congiura di Catilina alle guerre civili, dalla nascita del Principato al controllo degli eserciti e delle province, emerge un sistema nel quale informatori, reti personali, diritto, amministrazione e sorveglianza permettevano a Roma di individuare le minacce e proteggere la stabilità dello Stato.Roma non possedeva un servizio di controspionaggio nel significato moderno del termine. Aveva però sviluppato strumenti e pratiche per affrontare problemi ancora oggi familiari: distinguere la lealtà reale da quella apparente, valutare informazioni contraddittorie, controllare comandanti troppo potenti e riconoscere una minaccia prima che fosse troppo tardi.L'analisi storica conduce infine a una questione più ampia: quanto dipende la sopravvivenza di uno Stato dalla sua capacità di comprendere ciò che accade al proprio interno Attraverso l'Analisi Istituzionale di Controspionaggio (ICA), l'esperienza romana viene riletta come uno straordinario caso storico di gestione dell'informazione, del rischio e dell'incertezza.Una prospettiva diversa sull'Impero romano, sulla sua forza e sulle ragioni della sua eccezionale durata.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dietro le acque tranquille del Lago di Lugano esiste una storia nascosta che attraversa secoli di Europa.Una storia fatta di contrabbandieri, mercanti, esuli, reti clandestine, intelligence, denaro invisibile e uomini che hanno attraversato questa frontiera cercando di passare senza essere visti. Per secoli il confine tra Italia e Svizzera è stato molto più di una semplice linea politica. È stato un corridoio segreto nel cuore dell'Europa: un territorio dove montagne, lago e nebbia hanno protetto commerci invisibili, fughe clandestine, diplomazie riservate e operazioni che raramente compaiono nella storia ufficiale.In Lago di Lugano. Storia segreta di una frontiera, Andrey Spiridonov ricostruisce l'evoluzione nascosta del Ceresio: dalle vie romane e dai passatori medievali fino alle polizie politiche del Novecento, alla Guerra Fredda, ai servizi segreti, alla finanza offshore e alle nuove reti globali del mondo contemporaneo.Attraverso ricerca storica, osservazione diretta del territorio e analisi geopolitica, emerge il ritratto di una delle frontiere più enigmatiche d'Europa - un luogo dove il confine tra legalità e clandestinità, Stato e invisibilità, controllo e silenzio è sempre rimasto sottile.Un grande viaggio nella storia segreta dell'Europa alpina.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Le spie, dopotutto, devono mangiare.Ma che cosa succede quando a tavola siedono diplomatici, politici, militari, uomini d'affari e persone che conoscono cose che altri vorrebbero sapere Un ristorante italiano può essere soltanto un ottimo ristorante. Un espresso, soltanto un espresso. Ma non sempre.Da Roma a Washington, da Firenze a Londra, Bruxelles e Mosca, Pasta, pizza e. spie racconta storie vere e sorprendenti in cui la cucina italiana incontra il mondo dello spionaggio e del controspionaggio.Incontri riservati, personaggi reali, episodi documentati e piccoli dettagli capaci, qualche volta, di raccontare molto più di quanto sembri.Dopo aver letto questo libro, entrando in un ristorante, forse guarderete con un po' più di curiosità chi è seduto al tavolo accanto. …