Brett Lintott

The Mediterranean Double-Cross System, 1941-1945

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean "Double-Cross System" of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primarily by British officers which turned captured German spies into double agents. Through a complex system of coordination, they were utilized from 1941 to the end of the war in 1945 to secure Allied territory through security and counter-intelligence operations, and also to deceive the German military by passing false information about Allied military planning and operations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415788618
• ISBN-10: 0415788617
• Artikelnr.: 54434382

Autorenporträt

Brett Lintott received his PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Glossary
Codenames of Military Operations and Deception Plans
A Note on References and Sources
Introduction
1: Double Agent Operations from the Outbreak of War to November 1942
2: The Development of the Mediterranean Double-Cross System
3: Strategic Deception and the 1943 Mediterranean Campaign
4: Security and Counter-Intelligence, 1942-45
5: Counter-Sabotage in Gibraltar, 1940-44.
6: Operational and Strategic Deceptions in Italy, 1944-45.
Conclusion
Bibliography