Research Catalog

Title

The secret war : spies, codes and guerillas 1939-45 / Max Hastings.

Author

Hastings, Max

Publication

London, England: William Collins, 2015.

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Details

Description

xxvii, 612 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

Packed with insight and terrific spy stories, this masterly book looks at the secret war on a global basis, bringing together the British, American, German, Russian and Japanese histories. In 'The Secret War', Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War II, and the impact of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations on events. Written on a global scale, the book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war waged unceasingly by men and women often far from the battlefields but whose actions profoundly influenced the outcome. Returning to the Second World War for the first time since his best-selling 'All Hell Let Loose', Hastings weaves into a 'big picture' framework, the human stories of spies and intelligence officers who served their respective masters. Told through a series of snapshots of key moments, the book looks closely at Soviet espionage operations which dwarfed those of every other belligerent in scale, as well as the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park - the greatest intelligence achievement of the conflict - with many more surprising and unfamiliar tales of treachery, deception, betrayal and incompetence by spies of Axis, Allied or indeterminate loyalty.

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements
• World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Electronic intelligence
• World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service
• Intelligence service > History > 20th century
• Espionage > History > 20th century
• Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-587) and index.

Call Number

JFE 15-6859

ISBN

• 9780007503919 (paperback)
• 0007503911 (paperback)
• 9780007503742 (hardback)
• 0007503741 (hardback)

OCLC

921903080

Author

Hastings, Max, author.

Title

The secret war : spies, codes and guerillas 1939-45 / Max Hastings.

Publisher

London, England: William Collins, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-587) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-6859