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The secret war : spies, ciphers, and guerrillas 1939-1945 /

An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hastings, Max (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Electronic intelligence.
Intelligence service > History > 20th century.
Espionage > History > 20th century.
Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) > History.
Cryptography.
Electronic intelligence.
Espionage.
Intelligence service.
Secret service.
Underground movements, War.
England > Milton Keynes > Bletchley Park.
1900-1999
History.
Description
Summary:An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.
Item Description:"First published in a different form in the United Kingdom in 2015"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xxvii, 610 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-585) and index.
ISBN:9780062259271
006225927X
0062441566
9780062441560