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- Biography of Harriet Tubman
- Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. 1820 – 10 March 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses...
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- Brad Pitt
- William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor, film producer, and social activist. He became famous during the mid 1990s after having starring roles in several major Hollywood films, including Interview with the Vampire in 1994 and the thriller Se7en in 1995. Pitt was nom...
- History of 007
- [Photo: Yaroslav Horak's rendition of James Bond]
James Bond 007, is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pse...
- Spy Novels and Cold War Influences
- There is a clear causal link between many events of the Cold War and the spy fiction of the period.That is, authors of spy fiction used real life events to inspire their tales; on a personal level and also on a wider global level.Moreover, because this fiction sold in record numbers, this shows that...
- The History of U.S. Government Surveillance and Spying
- The United States has a long history of domestic surveillance and spying by the government.Over the years, the US government has launched covert and illegal projects whose purpose among others was to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" movements for justice and freedom. ...