British Security Coordination, First Edition (9 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition, hardcover. 536 pages. Good plus to very good, spine is slightly rolled inward, else a clean book, in a sharp, near fine dust jacket. First printing with full number line. Please note that standard international mail may run extra on this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 536p. Introduction by Nigel West. Jacket Priced. In mylar. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

blue & blue hardbound 8vo. 8ş (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xxxvi+536p. glossary. index. world history. american history. world war ii. conspiracy theory. espionage. secret societies. covert operations. ~In 1940, Winston Churchill dispatched a Canadian industrialist to New York with an extraordinary mission in a neutral country: to set up a secret spy network across both North and South America to cripple and confound Nazi propaganda and to fan the flames of prowar sentiment. Sir William Stephenson (of A Man Called Intrepid fame) set up shop in Rockefeller Center to build a vast intelligence network ~ British Security Coordination (BSC) ~ the full story of which is now told for the first time. Stephenson's mission came at a time when the United States was still deeply influenced by isolationism. Stephenson's people soon launched an astonishing bagful of dirty tricks ~ they unmasked Axis spies, planted propaganda in American newspapers, and slipped beautiful female spies into the Vichy and Italian embassies in Washington to abscond with the naval ciphers of the two Nazi allies. Stephenson's agents also infiltrated American labor unions, harassed their political enemies in Congress, and fed British propaganda and false rumors to such prominent journalists as Walter Winchel and Drew Pearson who were happy to give them wide circulation. Much of this took place before the U.S. had entered the war, when the country was still neutral territory and British spying was illegal. But President Roosevelt winked at the law, and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover collaborated as well, though reluctantly. After Pearl Harbor Stephenson and the British spies helped William J. Donovan set up the OSS which eventually became the foundation for the CIA. In 1945, Stephenson ordered three of his subordinates ~ Gilbert Highet, Tom Hill and Roald Dahl ~ to prepare an official report of the network's activities, of which fewer than ten copies survived all these years in utmost secrecy. Though there have been many rumors over the years of the existence of the report, this is the first time it has been made public in its complete and unexpurgated form.

1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxxvi, 536 pages: facsims,map; 24cm. Subjects: British Security Coordination. Great Britain British Security Coordination History. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. Espionage, British United States History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service United States. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Latin America. Intelligence service Great Britain History. 3 Kg.

1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxxvi, 536 pages: facsims,map; 24cm. Subjects: British Security Coordination. Great Britain British Security Coordination History. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. Espionage, British United States History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service United States. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Latin America. Intelligence service Great Britain History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. APPEARS UNREAD.First printing. No wear to very large hard back book/dust jacket. D/j still has price corner.536 pages. Pages are very clean, bright and tight. no name or inscription.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xxxvi + 536pp., index, Written at the end of WW2 & long kept secret, a fascinating report traces the activities of the British spy network in North & South America, created by Winston Churchill to spread anti-Nazi & pro-British propaganda.