The Double-Cross System: The Classic Account of World War Two Spy-Masters
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0099578239 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Acute Observer said The Grand Deception of WW II. The Double Cross SystemThis 197"The Grand Deception of WW II" according to Acute Observer. The Double Cross SystemThis 1972 book explains how the British Secret Service actively ran and controlled Germany's spies during WW II. All German agents who were sent to Great Britain were captured; they either worked for the British Secret Service or were executed. This activity involved the cooperation of many branches of government (p.viii). This cooperation was the one essential condition for success. The examples gi. book explains how the British Secret Service actively ran and controlled Germany's spies during WW II. All German agents who were sent to Great Britain were captured; they either worked for the British Secret Service or were executed. This activity involved the cooperation of many branches of government (p.viii). This cooperation was the one essential condition for success. The examples gi
On completing its report Masterman was transferred to the Security Service working in the counter-espionage division. J. . In 1941 he was assigned the task of debriefing Dusko Popov, and it was this remarkable encounter between one of the Abwehr's star agents and his M.I.5 handler that led to the creation of the Twenty Committee,
Foot . • "There is no better book than The Double-Cross System on wartime intelligence." --Times Literary Supplement • "Sensationalists are fond of trumpeting every slightest secret revealed as a world-shaking story; this one really was." --M.R.D
Its subject is double agents and deception. Here is the record of a remarkable triumph. There is no more compelling account of how Britain used the enemy against themselves.. The Double-Cross System is an authentic document from within the espionage empire of the Second World War, written as a secret report for the Intelligence Commission and released for publication only in 1972. Quite simply, it tells how Britain used the enemy against themselves. It is an authentic document from within the espionage empire of the Second World War