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Genre/Form: | History Military history |
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Named Person: | Ewen Montagu; Ewen Montagu |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ben Macintyre |
ISBN: | 9780747598688 0747598681 9781408806005 1408806002 9781408809211 1408809214 |
OCLC Number: | 619515053 |
Awards: | Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010 |
Description: | xiii, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. The sardine spotter -- 2. Corkscrew minds -- 3. Room 13 -- 4. Target sicily -- 5. The man who was -- 6. A novel approach -- 7. Pam -- 8. The butterfly collector -- 9. My dear Alex -- 10. table tennis traitor -- 11. Gold prospector -- 12. The spy who baked cakes -- 13. Mincemeat sets sail -- 14. Bill's farewell -- 15. Dulce et decorum -- 16. Spanish trails -- 17. Kuhlenthal's coup -- 18. Mincemeat digested -- 19. Hitler loses sleep -- 20. Seraph and Husky -- 21. A nice cup of tea -- Hook, line and sinker -- 23. Mincemeat revealed -- 24. Aftermath. |
Responsibility: | Ben Macintyre. |
Abstract:
Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. This book weaves together private documents, photographs, memories, letters and diaries, as well as material from the intelligence files of MI5 and Naval Intelligence, to tell the full story of Operation Mincemeat.
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Praise for Agent Zigzag: 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving' John le Carre 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures ... it would be impossible to recommend it too highly' Mail on Sunday 'It is unlikely that a more engaging study of espionage and deception will be published this year' The Times 'Macintyre tells Chapman's tale in a perfect pitch ... Macintyre never misses a delightful, haunting or terrifying detail ... Buy it for dads everywhere but read it too' Observer Read more...
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- Montagu, Ewen, -- 1901-1985.
- Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
- Operation Mincemeat.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
- Operation Husky, 1943.
- Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- Deception -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily.
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- Great Britain. -- Royal Navy.
- Deception.
- Military campaigns.
- Secret service.
- Great Britain.
- Italy -- Sicily.
- Spain -- Atlantic Coast.
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