Ultra and Mediterranean Strategy 1941-1945

Bennett, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0241126878 / ISBN 13: 9780241126875

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989

About this Item

24 x 15 cm., 496 pp. The book is illustrated with 25 maps. This copy is inscribed on the free end paper by the author to Basil Davidson, who was in the SOE in WWII and later an eminent historian of Africa: "For Basil Davidson with happy memories of Gordon Fraser, Ralph Bennett 12/11/89". There are some underlinings and marginal comments by Basil Davidson in the chapter on Yugoslavia. The book is covered in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. The front flap of the dust jacket is taped to the front end paper. CONDITION. VG+. The pages are clean and tight, except for the mentioned annotations. The ends of the spine are a little rubbed.

Seller Inventory # 008156

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ultra and Mediterranean Strategy 1941-1945
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241126878
• ISBN 13: 9780241126875
• Binding: Original Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

The supreme value of Ultra intelligence, information derived from decrypting the radio traffic of the German armed forces, is now generally recognized, but it is still imperfectly understood. In virtue of Ultra, no statesman or general has ever known so much about the enemies intentions before deciding on his own actions as Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Montgomery. In this book the author of "Ultra in the West" analyzes Ultra's contribution to the struggle for the Mediterranean. It provides a primary interpretation of World War II history, and will be as appealing to the professional historian and intelligence expert as to the layman. Ralph Bennett was drafted into the Ultra-producing department at Bletchley Park, and served there for over four years. He has also written many books on medieval history.

About the Author

Ralph Bennett (1912-2002) as a young Cambridge historian was drafted in to the Intelligence Corps as a major and for over four years worked in Hut 3 at Bletchley Park, where the army and air decodes were translated and the intelligence derived from them assessed and disseminated.His three Ultra titles - Ultra in the West, Ultra and Mediterranean Strategy and Behind the Battle - are reissued in Faber Finds