J. Furman Daniel, III is a prolific scholar, world traveler, former intelligence officer, and raconteur. He has authored dozens of publications spanning topics such as international relations theory, the influence of fiction on foreign policy decision-making, Edmund Burke, Carl von Clausewitz, General George Patton, Winston Churchill, technology diffusion, space colonization, and even home-field advantage in Major League Baseball. He has appeared on BBC, NPR, CSPAN, XM Radio, and dozens of other media outlets. Burn New York is his sixth book.

This book shines a penetrating, fascinating light on an underestimated, half-forgotten aspect of the [American] Civil War. It uncovers episodes in the conflict that show that human agency and the tools and tradecraft of espionage and unconventional activity in wartime are largely unchanging, even if the technologies, military applications, and contexts evolve over time.

• I The Patriotic IdealistII The Bitter VillainIII The Dying NationIV The Teaming CityV The Sinister PlotVI The Desperate AttackVII The Uneasy AftermathVIII The Closing NetIX The Surprising ArrestX The Victor's Justice

J. Furman Daniel, III is a prolific scholar, world traveler, former intelligence officer, and raconteur. He has authored dozens of publications spanning topics such as international relations theory, the influence of fiction on foreign policy decision-making, Edmund Burke, Carl von Clausewitz, General George Patton, Winston Churchill, technology diffusion, space colonization, and even home-field advantage in Major League Baseball. He has appeared on BBC, NPR, CSPAN, XM Radio, and dozens of other media outlets. Burn New York is his sixth book.

This book shines a penetrating, fascinating light on an underestimated, half-forgotten aspect of the [American] Civil War. It uncovers episodes in the conflict that show that human agency and the tools and tradecraft of espionage and unconventional activity in wartime are largely unchanging, even if the technologies, military applications, and contexts evolve over time.

• I The Patriotic IdealistII The Bitter VillainIII The Dying NationIV The Teaming CityV The Sinister PlotVI The Desperate AttackVII The Uneasy AftermathVIII The Closing NetIX The Surprising ArrestX The Victor's Justice

J. Furman Daniel, III is a prolific scholar, world traveler, former intelligence officer, and raconteur. He has authored dozens of publications spanning topics such as international relations theory, the influence of fiction on foreign policy decision-making, Edmund Burke, Carl von Clausewitz, General George Patton, Winston Churchill, technology diffusion, space colonization, and even home-field advantage in Major League Baseball. He has appeared on BBC, NPR, CSPAN, XM Radio, and dozens of other media outlets. Burn New York is his sixth book.

This book shines a penetrating, fascinating light on an underestimated, half-forgotten aspect of the [American] Civil War. It uncovers episodes in the conflict that show that human agency and the tools and tradecraft of espionage and unconventional activity in wartime are largely unchanging, even if the technologies, military applications, and contexts evolve over time.

• I The Patriotic IdealistII The Bitter VillainIII The Dying NationIV The Teaming CityV The Sinister PlotVI The Desperate AttackVII The Uneasy AftermathVIII The Closing NetIX The Surprising ArrestX The Victor's Justice