Deathly Deception by Denis Smyth
The story of the classic World War Two stratagem which persuaded Hitler's Generals that the Allies were going to attack Greece rather than Sicily in the summer of 1943 - a brilliant intelligence coup that materially contributed to the Allied victory in Sicily and inflicted irreparable damage on the German war effort.
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 intelligenceUsing 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 *
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 *
Denis Smyth studied for his Ph.D. in History at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Sir Harry Hinsley, official historian of British intelligence in the Second World War. He lectured in Modern European History at University College, Cork from 1976 to 1985, and has been a Professor in the Department of History, and in the International Relations Programme, at the University of Toronto since 1985. His previous publications have dealt with the diplomacy and strategy of the Great Powers during the twentieth century and he has edited a number of volumes in the British Documents on Foreign Affairs series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199233984 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199233985 |
| Title | Deathly Deception |
| Author | Denis Smyth |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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