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Spy and Counterspy: Secret Agents and Double Agents from the Second World War to the Cold War
Ian Dear
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Description for Spy and Counterspy: Secret Agents and Double Agents from the Second World War to the Cold War
Paperback. Spy and counterspy Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 123 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
The shadowy world of supposedly legalized spying has an enduring fascination for us all. Spy and Counterspy reveals for the first time the web of spies that spanned the globe during and after the Second World War, working for organisations like MI5 & MI6, the CIA & OSS, Soviet Smersh & NKVD, Japanese Tokko and the German Gestapo. These men and women lived extraordinary lives, always on the edge of exposure and the risk of death. Many of them were so in love with the Great Game of espionage that they betrayed their countries and acted as double and sometimes ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752459912
SKU
V9780752459912
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99-10
About Ian Dear
IAN DEAR is an historian with an unusual background in covert warfare. He served in the Royal Marines beofre working in the film and book publishing industries. He became a full time writer in 1979 specializing in military and maritime history and has written a vast number of books on secret operations of the war, including Marines at War, Escape ... Read more
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