The Mediterranean Double-Cross System, 1941-45

ISBN-13: 9780367585280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 230 str.

Brett Lintott

Opis

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean "Double-Cross System" of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primarily by British officers which turned captured German spies into double agents. Through a complex system of coordination, they were utilized from 1941 to the end of the war in 1945 to secure Allied t

Recenzje

"This is an essential read for those with an interest in intelligence operations, as Lintott offers us a look at undertakings involving different problems in a different environment." - The NYMAS Review

Spis treści

Contents;Acknowledgments;Abbreviations and Glossary;Codenames of Military Operations and Deception Plans;A Note on References and Sources;Introduction;1: Double Agent Operations from the Outbreak of War to November 1942;2: The Development of the Mediterranean Double-Cross System;3: Strategic Deception and the 1943 Mediterranean Campaign;4: Security and Counter-Intelligence, 1942-45;5: Counter-Sabotage in Gibraltar, 1940-44.;6: Operational and Strategic Deceptions in Italy, 1944-45. ;Conclusion;Bibliography

O autorze

Brett Lintott received his PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2015