The Man Who Never Was by Montagu, Ewen - 1954

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1954. Hardcover. First American edition, first printing. Very Good+ with a touch of wear at the heel and crown and a small paper address label with the type obscured by pen marks to the ffep in a Very Good dust jacket with an abrasion and slight discoloring due to moisture exposure to the back panel, and light wear at the edges. Note that the white line along the spine in our photo is the reflection of the flash. A nice copy. NOT a BCE. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. This is the true account of "Operation Mincemeat," a World War II British operation launched with the intention of feeding German intelligence with false information. The idea was to float a dead body up on to Spanish shores, complete with sensitive correspondence. The Man Who Never Was provides an exciting, firsthand account of how this peculiar counter-intelligence scheme came into being, the difficulties encountered, and the ultimate and unforeseen successes which the operation gained. Written in a period of forty-eight hours by the originator and coordinator of the operation in order to dispel myths circulated in a novel on the same subject, this book gives a fascinating insight into one of the most daring wartime operations in military history. 160 pages; 16 pages of b&w photos; 5.5 x 8 inches.