Although short, it is a springboard that takes me to deeper source materials. The main argument of his book is that it was not necessarily the spies who won the war, but that the American spies were better at their jobs than their British counterparts, allowing them to win. The book follows a simplistic pattern that runs through every aspect in which American spies were smarter, better trained, or simply luckier than British spy agents. He then goes on to explain the various techniques used by spies. Above all, it gives credit to George Washington as a “master of espionage” who skillfully organized the entire operation thanks to his previous experiences dating back to the French and Indian War. Allen argues that without General Washington, the spies and rings would never have existed as we know they did