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(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) In 1941 Britain stood alone against the unstoppable Nazi war machine. British and Polish codebreakers at Bletchley Park had broken the German Enigma cipher, but their staff and resources were small. In October 1941, leading codebreakers, including the outstanding Alan Turing, wrote to Winston Churchill asking for help. He ordered that they be given all they needed, adding the instruction: 'Action This Day'. It was to be a key turning point - their brilliant work is believed to have shortened WWII by up to two years. The authors, leading authorities on the work of Bletchley Park, have assembled a number of key writers to explain its importance in the history of codebreaking and the birth of today's computer age. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Bantam Books) (ISBN: 0593049101) (Pagination: xv + 543pp. Plates, illustrations, bibliography, index.) (Condition: good in d/w - slight water damage to page edges. all text and… Read More

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Good in creased card covers. Pen marks on first two pages. In 1941 Britain stood alone against the unstoppable Nazi war machine. British and Polish codebreakers at Bletchley Park had broken the German Enigma cipher, but their staff and resources were small. In October 1941, leading codebreakers, including the outstanding Alan Turing, wrote to Winston Churchill asking for help. He ordered that they be given all they needed, adding the instruction: 'Action This Day'. It was to be a key turning point in the war. Their brilliant work is believed to have shortened it by up to two years. The authors, leading authorities on the work of Bletchley Park, have assembled a number of key writers to explain its importance in the history of codebreaking and the birth of today's computer age. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Bantam Books) (ISBN: 0593049829) (Pagination: xv + 543pp. Plates, illustrations, bibliography, index.)… Read More

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) As the name suggests, the story of double agent, Eddie Chapman. A prolific petty criminal, he was arrested in Jersey and having served his sentence was released into a commhunity now under german control. from there he went to France for training and returned to the UK in 1942. He was later 'turned' by MI5. (Published: 2007) (Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing) (ISBN: 9780747592839) (Pagination: 372pp. photographs) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The British SOE agents who, by parachuting into Bulgaria, caused major troop movements of German and Axis forces materially aiding the Red Army on the Eastern Front, as well as the Allied invasion of Normandy. The objective was to raise a partisan army. (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd) (ISBN: 0709151624) (Pagination: 192pp, 19 photos, map) (Condition: Good in faded d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Paperback. Signs of use but still a useful clean copy.The author tells the full story of American penetration of Japanese codes and how American Intelligence changed the course of the war in the Pacific. (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Penguin Books) (ISBN: 0140064710) (Pagination: 332pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The author, a military expert, describes in detail camouflage equipment, concealment practices, psychological exercises and electronic deception. He also looks at the soviet perspectives and many more faces of ever changing military strategy in the latter part of the 20th Century. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: David & Charles) (ISBN: 0715392220) (Pagination: 224pp, illustrations) (Condition: very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) In August 1909, a kindly, balding figure named Mansfield Smith-Cumming was summoned to London by Admiral Alexander Bethell, Director of Naval Intelligence, to assume the inaugural position of Chief – or ‘C’ – of what has become the world's most celebrated intelligence agency, the British Secret Intelligence Service. For the first 85 years of SIS its existence and the identity of its Chief were subject to the strictest secrecy. Its only official recognition was the wartime designation MI6, by which the service continues to be commonly known today. This remarkable book tells the story of that role, from Smith-Cumming to John Scarlett. (Published: 2006) (Publisher: Greenhill Books) (ISBN: 1853677027) (Pagination: 296pp, 20 b/w illustrations) (Condition: very good in slightly abraided d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Signs of use. In 1939 cryptoanalysis was in its infancy, yet he codebreakers accomplished extraordinary feats of mathematical wizardry turning the tide of many critical battles, from the fight against the Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic, to the climactic showdown against Yamamoto's aircraft carriers at Midway, and the success of the D-Day invasion. Drawing on thousands of files, the author explains how the most impenetrable of Axis codes were broken, including the German ENIGMA and Japanese "Purple" machines, and traces the origins of the top-secret project, codenamed VENONA, that broke the Soviet spy codes. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Penguin Books) (ISBN: 9780140281057) (Pagination: 436pp illustrations) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) A study on the role that Intelligence played in the the struggle with Germany and the development of Intelligence staffs of the Armed Services. By 1941 such improvements had been made that Ultra was used to target Axis supply routes in the Mediterranean. The only senior commander who refused to give the credit to the role of intelligence was Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur Harris, AOC-in-C Bomber Command. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Sinclair-Stephenson) (ISBN: 1856193624) (Pagination: 224pp, illustrations) (Condition: very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The story of two World War II British intelligence agents, Captain Sigismund Payne Best and Major Richard Henry Stevens, who found themselves acting as intermediaries between the British Government and German generals plotting to kill Hitler. The true story behind the kidnapping of the two intelligence officers at Venlo in Holland is revealed, as is the string of betrayal, cover-ups, pay-offs and treacheries that were set in motion by the initial betrayal at Venlo. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Leo Cooper) (ISBN: 0850522005) (Pagination: 256pp, 12 ills.) (Condition: very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Using Ultra for disinformation in WWII. An account of Section 17M and the committee running the Double-Cross system. German agents who landed in Britain were turned into double agents feeding misinformation back to Germany. In addition, further agents were invented by the committee to meet the insatiable German demand for information. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Peter Davies) (ISBN: 0432095101) (Pagination: 192pp, glossary, index) (Condition: Good, marks on top edge. fading on d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The fifth and final volume of the Official History. This volume covers the remarkable achievement in WWII of British Intelligence's deception activities. Covers Operation Mincemeat; the double agent GARBO; the non-existent US Army Group. These deception plans were co-ordinated by the W committee which was brought into being by the three directors of naval, military and air intelligence without any authorisation, and accountable to no one. Deception was a major factor in the Normandy invasion's successes. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: HM Stationary Office ) (ISBN: 0116309547) (Pagination: 271pp) (Condition: very goood in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Newton Chronicles the pivotal moves in a high-stakes geopolitical poker game played between 1944 and 1951 when, at various times, Soviet agents Donald Maclean, Kim Philby and Guy Burgess were posted to the British Embassy in Washington. Previous owner name on title page. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Macdonald) (ISBN: 0356197050) (Pagination: 448pp, 12 ills, bibliography, index) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The experiences of a US Army Counter Intelligence Agent in WWII. He worked against spies, saboteurs and war criminals and interrogated POWs. The book covers his experiences from the Normandy Bridgehead, through France and the Battle of the Bulge, into Germany and Czechoslovakia. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Presidio Press) (ISBN: 0891414444) (Pagination: 351pp, 12 photos, map, index) (Condition: fine in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The story of how the British really won two world wars - British geniuses broke German secret codes and eavesdropped on their messages, captured German spies in Britain were used to send back false information to their controllers, and forged documents misled German Intelligence. To create a vital illusion of strength bogus wireless traffic from entire phantom armies, dummy airfields with balsa wood planes, disguised ships and inflatable rubber tanks were built. This spectacular misdirection was essential to the success of D-Day in 1944. (Published: 2008) (Publisher: Faber & Faber) (ISBN: 9780571221950) (Pagination: 466pp illustrations) (Condition: very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) In the mid 1970's following the first public examination of the CIA, the American public was shocked to hear of the extremes to which the agency had gone to fulfil its 'obligations'. An account of the workings of an organisation that writes its own rules. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Futura Publishers) (ISBN: 0708825265) (Pagination: 208pp) (Condition: very good in card covers, pages browning) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The authentic account of the work of GCHQ at Bletchley Park in WWII. By 1942 some 4,000 German, Italian and Japanese signals were being broken and translated by the remarkable team. Accounts by the men and women who worked there describe their recruitment, training, success and failures. The decrypts of these signals produced Ultra intelligence which gave a detailed, accurate and up to date picture of the enemy strengths and weaknesses. Churchill described them as the "secret weapon that won the war". (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Oxford University Press) (ISBN: 9780192801326) (Pagination: xxi + 321pp, 10 illustrations, 23 figures) (Condition: new in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Slight fading on d/w. The authentic account of the work of GCHQ at Bletchley Park in WWII. By 1942 some 4,000 German, Italian and Japanese signals were being broken and translated by the remarkable team. Accounts by the men and women who worked there describe their recruitment, training, success and failures. The decrypts of these signals produced Ultra intelligence which gave a detailed, accurate and up to date picture of the enemy strengths and weaknesses. Churchill described them as the "secret weapon that won the war". (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Oxford University Press) (ISBN: 0198203276) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Based on the recollections of Colonel William Eliscu OBE, late of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services). This is his account of the deception operation called Operation Stampede a principally American operation to deceive the enemy in the 3 months prior to Overlord and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. (Published: 1958) (Publisher: Souvenir Press) (Pagination: 179pp,illustrations) (Condition: Orange boards. Good.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) Since the end of the Second World War many books have been published about the exploits of spies, many based on nothing more substantive than a fertile imagination and some very dubious historical records. Several of these have, however, gained wide circulation, and a few have even been endorsed by respectable historians. Nigel West examines nearly two dozen books, some written by hitherto respected academics, which have been accepted as genuine contributions to Britain's secret history. In reality each was deliberately constructed to deceive the public. The book is inscribed (probably by the author) "To the Guvnor....23v98". (Published: 1998) (Publisher: St. Ermin's Press) (ISBN: 0316643785) (Pagination: 308pp, 12 b/w photos) (Condition: good in torn, repaired d/w) UL-XXXXXX