Excerpt from Terror in Our Time: The Secret Service of Surprise Attack Many fortunate countries were spared involvement in the great war of 1914 - 1918, but now all the nations of the civilized world are bound to share its remorseless heritage. The impact, the strain and the terror have not thus far been equally divided; yet in some degree to every corner of the earth this new, never abating and clandestine struggle has already extended its network of intrigue. It is a subterranean conflict, being fought by brigades of secret agents with every sort of weapon that comes to hand. And it is the kind of conflict that is certain to breed other hostilities; for, even as its Skir mishers and Shock troops press on to the attack, they pre pare the way for that more terrible war which is waged in the Open and in the dark, simultaneously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.