Bibliograph

The secret war, spies, ciphers, and guerrillas, 1939-1945, Max Hastings

Type

Label

The secret war, spies, ciphers, and guerrillas, 1939-1945, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [559]-585) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The secret war

Oclc number

913135714

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

spies, ciphers, and guerrillas, 1939-1945

Summary

An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome

Table Of Contents

Before the Deluge -- The Storm Breaks -- Miracles Take a Little Longer: Bletchley -- The Dogs That Barked -- Divine Winds -- Muddling and Groping: The Russians at War -- Britain's Secret War Machine -- 'Mars': The Bloodiest Deception -- The Orchestra's Last Concert -- Guerrilla -- Hoover's G-Men, Donovan's Wild Men -- Russia's Partisans: Terrorising Both Sides -- Islands in the Storm -- A Little Help from Their Friends -- The Knowledge Factories -- 'Blunderhead': The English Patient -- Eclipse of the Abwehr -- Battlefields -- Black Widows, Few White Knights -- 'Enormoz' -- Decoding Victory

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