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| 提及的人： | Ewen Montagu |
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| 文件类型： | 书 |
| 所有的著者/提供者： |
Denis Smyth |
| ISBN: | 9780199233984 0199233985 |
| OCLC号码： | 500794359 |
| 描述： | xiii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 内容： | Accidental conception -- Medical consultation -- Grand stratagem -- A sea of troubles -- Loud and clear -- Tailor-made -- Brief encounter -- Travel arrangements -- Mincemeat digested -- Mincemeat dissected. |
| 责任： | Denis Smyth. |
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Now for the first time we have all the facts which dispel the mysteries surrounding the operation and show the complexitites, pitfalls and dangers faced by British intelligence. Using official sources and an historian's acumen, Prof. Smyth has at last revealed the whole story of this fascinating ploy which did so much to save Allied soldier's lives. James Munson, Contemporary Review Captivating Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S Army Superlative... Readers are likely to find this book impossible to put down once started and impossible to forget once finished Roland Green, Booklist This is another fascinating and very readable book on the most brilliantly tangled web of deception spun in the Second World War History Today Smyth's book gives an engaging picture of an exceptionally intricate, exceptionally secret piece of military deceit... He scores over Macintyre one important point: he has done a lot of work on the archives of the Special Operations Executive. M R D Foot, Literary Review An engaging picture of an exceptionally intricate, exceptionally secret piece of military deceit. Literary Review What comes through most clearly in Smyth's book is the incredible complexity of the undertaking...It is fascinating stuff, much like a police procedural on television, and more than a little ghoulish. HistoryNet.com Smyth completes the story... He presents the complex processes of the false information's evaluation by German intelligence, the high command, and Hitler himself. Second, he describes the painstaking method by which the British verified Mincemeat's progress. And third, he relates the vital achievement of Allied intelligence to convince the military commanders to undertake the deception. As a strategic success, Mincemeat has few rivals and no superiors Publishers Weekly This fascinating story is told with new thoroughness. Recommended for all studying World War II intelligence activities. Library Journal An important, well-written and soundly documented history of Operation Mincemeat. Hayden B. Peake, Studies in Intelligence 再读一些...
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- Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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