Totally True Tales from World War II

Chapter 1: Espionage, One of the World's Oldest Professions 1 ESPIONAGE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSIONS Although I'm going to focus on World War II in this book, espionage was invented long before then. Really long before then, in fact. As long as there have been people, they've been spying on one another. For example: The earliest intelligence report is a clay tablet from around 2000 BCE describing a secret mission to spot fire beacons being lit along the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia (although sadly, it's only a fragmentary account, and we don't know how the mission went). Excerpted from Totally True Tales from World War II by Stuart Gibbs All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.