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The double-cross system : in the war of 1939 to 1945 / J.C. Masterman ; introduced by M. R. D. Foot ; foreword by Norman Holmes Pearson.
Record no.:
1596
Author:
Masterman, J. C. (John Cecil), 1891-1977, author.;
Publisher:
London :: Folio Society,
Year:
2007.
Description:
xxxii, 215 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain.;
Notes:
Nagle Library copy ex dono Adrian Diethelm, Rector. Includes index.
Type:
Monograph
Abstract:
1. The theory and practice of double cross -- 2. Origins of the double-cross system -- 3. Autumn 1940 -- 4. Organisation for controlling the double-cross system -- 5. The agents' traffic in 1941 -- 6. Experimental plans in 1941 -- 7. The agents in 1941
-- 8. Developments in 1942 -- 9. Work and history of the agents in 1942 -- 10. Activities in 1943 -- 11. Deception to cover the Normandy landings and the invasion of France -- 12. Use of the system in the last year of the war -- 13. Conclusion.
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