Description
Book SynopsisA compendium of undercover warfare from around the world, featuring spies, soldiers, mercenaries and assassins. The secret history of 20th- and 21st-century warfare.
Table of ContentsLieutenant Hans Carl Lody • The Ambassadors' Plot • The Zimmermann Telegram • Mata Hari • Richard Meinertzhagen • Dublin Castle • The Trust: The Cheka's infiltration of the anti-Bolsheviks • The American Black Chamber • Sir Compton Mackenzie • Lieutenant Wilfred Macartney • Jessie Jordan • Canned Goods • The Venlo Incident • Kurt Ludwig • Sonya • Richard Sorge • Bletchley Park • Magic • Mincemeat • The Double Cross System • Nordpol • Garbo • Maskirovna • Dragoon • Red Orchestra • Greif • Corby • Venona • Klaus Fuchs • The Cambridge Ring-of-Five • Shamrock • Pimlico • Neptune • The Skripals and the future of covert operations.