The Secret War - by Max Hastings (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome. -- Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Monumental. <em>--New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><em><strong>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</strong></em></p><p>From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of <em>Inferno</em> and <em>Catastrophe: 1914</em>, <em>The Secret War</em> is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--showing how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.</p><p>Spies, codes, and guerrillas played unprecedentedly critical roles in the Second World War, exploited by every nation in the struggle to gain secret knowledge of its foes, and to sow havoc behind the fronts. In <em>The Secret War</em>, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and some extraordinary sagas of intelligence and resistance, to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of <em>Inferno</em> and <em>Catastrophe: 1914</em>, <em>The Secret War</em> is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--showing how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.</p><p>Spies, codes, and guerrillas played unprecedentedly critical roles in the Second World War, exploited by every nation in the struggle to gain secret knowledge of its foes and to sow havoc behind the fronts. In <em>The Secret War</em>, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and some extraordinary sagas of intelligence and resistance to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history.</p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Ambitious and often fascinating...This wide-ranging account is filled with compelling characters...A superb survey of an always interesting aspect of warfare."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"[D]efinitive....This is a marvelous book - smart, carefully and exhaustively researched and highly informative. Even those exceptionally knowledgeable about World War II will find it extremely valuable. It is compelling and fascinating reading."--<i>Christian Science Monitor</i><br><br>"[Hastings] brilliantly depicts the byzantine world of intelligence agencies, with dry humor and perception."--<i>New York Review of Books</i><br><br>"Hastings (Catastrophe: 1914) further solidifies his gift for combining scholarship and readability in this scintillating overview of intelligence operations in WWII...Hastings tells it all in a book everyone interested in WWII should acquire."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br>
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