Description |
232 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-223) and index. |
Contents |
The most delicious irony -- Masterminds of the double cross -- "Ultra," the double agents' indispensable ally -- In the beginning, snow -- Tricycle, the Abwehr's Yugoslav socialite -- Tate, convert from Nazism -- ZigZag, the most daring -- Codename "Brutus" -- Treasure, "first violin" in the deception "orchestra" -- Garbo, the greatest -- Mutt, Jeff, and other lesser agents -- Tricycle's American misadventure -- Trickery in the Middle East -- For Operation Torch, strategic deceptions -- Anywhere but Sicily -- Prelude to fortitude -- Double cross in jeopardy -- The "grand strategic deception" -- Deceptions beyond D-Day -- The final reckoning. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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Espionage -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Espionage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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ISBN |
0451217519 trade pbk. |
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