British Intelligence in the Second World War; Strategic Deception, Volume Five

Howard, Michael

ISBN 10: 0116309547 / ISBN 13: 9780116309549

Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1990

About this Item

xiii, [1], 271, [3] pages Volume 5 ONLY. Abwehr, Footnotes. Maps. Appendices. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Some underlining and yellow highlighting noted. Signed and dated by Jeffrey Richelson on fep!!! Sir Michael Eliot Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS (born 29 November 1922) is a British military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University and founder of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Howard helped found the Department of War Studies and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College London. He is currently president emeritus of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which he also helped to establish, and a fellow of the British Academy. Strategic deception depends for its success upon the availability of good security and good intelligence. Volume 5 explains how this combination of intelligence and security made it possible to deceive the enemy about the strategic intentions of the Allies, and make them greatly overestimate the resources at their disposal. The authoritative story of such classic deception operations as Operation Mincemeat,w which preceded the invasion of Sicily; of the non-existant U.S. Army Group that pinned down an entire German Army in the Pas de Calais until Montgomery's forces had achieved a secure foothold in Normandy; and the amazing spoof played on the German intelligence authorities by the great double-agent GARBO is at last told from official records.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: British Intelligence in the Second World War; Strategic Deception, Volume Five
• Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0116309547
• ISBN 13: 9780116309549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Great Britain
  • Intelligence
  • WWII

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Synopsis

This readable account thoroughly examines the role played by British intelligence in allied strategy and operations in World War II. The overriding theme throughout is the influence of intelligence on the decisions made by political leaders and military commanders.

Review

"Anyone who likes a good spy story but has doubts about the value of historians rummaging around in archives should look at the magisterial five-volume official history 'British Intelligence in the Second World War' produced by a team of scholars under the distinguished historian Harry Hinsley. Of particular interest is Michael Howard's slim but brilliant final volume, dealing with strategic deception." New York Times Book Review