Guy Liddell Diaries, Volume I: 1939-1942
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'The explosive secret diaries of Guy Liddell, MI5's wartime counter-espionage chief.' - Sunday Express
'[a] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War by a major player ... its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West.' - BBC History Magazine
'It is a major contribution to the Intelligence history of that war.' - Sunday Telegraph
'...now, for the first time, an extraordinary new book has lifted the lid on Ireland's secret war and revealed how - behind the facade of neutrality - the Irish Government was actually working hand-in glove with the Allies.' - Ireland on Sunday
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Includes a presentation of the diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations. This work provides an account of Director, B Division, Liddell, who supervised all the major pre-war and wartime espionage investigations, and was one of the most reclusive and remarkable men of his generation. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 348
- ISBN
- 9780415352130
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
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'The explosive secret diaries of Guy Liddell, MI5's wartime counter-espionage chief.' - Sunday Express
'[a] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War by a major player ... its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West.' - BBC History Magazine
'It is a major contribution to the Intelligence history of that war.' - Sunday Telegraph
'...now, for the first time, an extraordinary new book has lifted the lid on Ireland's secret war and revealed how - behind the facade of neutrality - the Irish Government was actually working hand-in glove with the Allies.' - Ireland on Sunday
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'This book is a goldmine of once highly secret intelligence material ... no intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth century history needs it too.' - The Spectator
'Regarded by historians as the most important military intelligence documents from the whole of the second world war.' - Irish Independent
'[A] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War. Its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West who, apart from decoding several obscure references to the secret war, persuaded the Security Service to break their rule of maintaining an agent's anonymity.' - BBC History Magazine
'It is a major contribution to the Intelligence history of that war.' - Sunday Telegraph
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