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Strange Intelligence: Memoirs of Naval Secret Service
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Artikel-Nr:
9781849548847
Veröffentl:
2016
Erscheinungsdatum:
12.04.2016
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Hector C. Bywater
Gewicht:
291 g
Format:
198x128x27 mm
Serie:
Dialogue Espionage Classics
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hector C. Bywater: A British journalist and military author, Hector Charles Bywater is best known for his 1925 book The Great Pacific War, a fictional naval conflict between the United States and Japan that anticipated many of the actions undertaken by the two sides during World War Two. He died in 1940.H. C. Ferraby: H. C. Ferraby was a journalist with the Daily Express. He authored or co-authored a number of titles on espionage and intelligence including The Immortal Story of Zeebruge and Ostend.
A rollicking tale of secret service adventure in the years leading up to World War I.
Introduction xiPreface by the authors xvChapter 1 The hidden menace 1Chapter 2 The men who did the work 19Chapter 3 While Germany prepared for war 31Chapter 4 'Selling the Dummy' 47Chapter 5 'The Song of the Sword' - and howitzers 59Chapter 6 Hue and cry ! 75Chapter 7 Why Jutland was indecisive 91Chapter 8 Some notable 'scoops' 109Chapter 9 Probing dockyard secrets 127Chapter 10 Unriddling the sands 143Chapter 11 Famous 'spy' trials 161Chapter 12 Watching the High Seas Fleet 179Chapter 13 The men who heard the U-boats talk 193Chapter 14 Adventures in counter-espionage 209Chapter 15 The lighter side of ID work 227Chapter 16 Fighting the wreckers in America 243Chapter 17 Gambling on 'The Day ' 259Chapter 18 False dawn 275