Counterfeit Spies : Genuine or Bogus? An Astonishing Investigation into Secret Agents of the Second World War
by West, Nigel
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London: St Ermin's Press, 1999. 1st ed. thus. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers xii + 308pp., b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, Of the many hundreds of accounts of wartime adventures by secret agents behind enemy lines, which are authentic and which are the fantasies of hoaxers? Have dozens of authors and their publishers been duped into peddling fiction dressed up as fact? In this remarkable investigation of clandestine operations of WW2, author reveals a catalogue of bogus claims, doctored photos, faked documents, and manufactured archival records. The spurious tales of more than two dozen authors are placed under the expert's microscope, compared to the recently declassified files of hitherto secret organisations, and exposed as exaggeration, embellishment, or outright fraud.
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- Title
- Counterfeit Spies : Genuine or Bogus? An Astonishing Investigation into Secret Agents of the Second World War
- Author
- West, Nigel
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. thus
- Publisher
- St Ermin's Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- small octavo
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