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Military Intelligence in Cyprus - From the Great War to Middle East Crises (Paperback): Panagiotis Dimitrakis Military Intelligence in Cyprus - From the Great War to Middle East Crises (Paperback)
Panagiotis Dimitrakis
R1,368 Discovery Miles 13 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since World War I, Cyprus has played a crucial role in British defence strategy. Panagiotis Dimitrakis here introduces new research which reveals the true role of British intelligence on the island throughout the twentieth century, particularly during World War II, the 1955-59 Archbishop Makarios and EOKA-led revolt and the 1974 Turkish invasion. He sheds fresh light on the stance of both Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Foreign Secretary James Callaghan towards Greece and Turkey in the turbulent 1970s, and provides important new perspectives on the 1978 Egyptian hostage crisis at Larnaca Airport and the research is based throughout on primary sources including previously unpublished declassified papers from British diplomats and intelligence officers. This is a valuable study for scholars of contemporary strategy and military history and for those interested in military intelligence and the history of Cyprus.

Defector - The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954 (Hardcover): Kevin RIEHLE Defector - The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954 (Hardcover)
Kevin RIEHLE
R2,656 Discovery Miles 26 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An analysis of the insider information and insights that over eighty Soviet intelligence officer defectors revealed during the first half of the Soviet period Identifies 88 Soviet intelligence officer defectors for the period 1917 to 1954, representing a variety of specializations; the most comprehensive list of Soviet intelligence officer defectors compiled to date. Shows the evolution of Soviet threat perceptions and the development of the "main enemy" concept in the Soviet national security system. Shows fluctuations in the Soviet recruitment and vetting of personnel for sensitive national security positions, corresponding with fluctuations in the stability of the Soviet government. Compiles for the first time corroborative primary sources in English, Russian, French, German, Finnish, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state. This book identifies a group of those defectors from the Soviet elite - intelligence officers - and provides an aggregate analysis of their information to uncover Stalin's strategic priorities and concerns, thus to open a window into Stalin's impenetrable national security decision making. This book uses their information to define Soviet threat perceptions and national security anxieties during Stalin's time as Soviet leader.

The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 (Paperback): Antonio J. Munoz The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 (Paperback)
Antonio J. Munoz
R1,255 Discovery Miles 12 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Geheime Feldpolizei (Secret Field Police) was the political police of the German Army during World War Two. Its members were drawn from both the regular German police, including detectives, as well as personnel from various Nazi security organizations. The mission of the GFP was numerous: protecting important political and military leaders, investigating black market activities, as well as acts of sabotage and espionage; tracking down deserters, examining anti-German activists, and hunting down partisans and partisan suspects. An additional role of the GFP was to act as liaison between the German Army and the Nazi SS. While performing some of these duties, members of the GFP eventually involved themselves directly in criminal activities. The GFP committed numerous crimes to both the Jewish community and the general population of Greece. Its leadership cadre was composed of dedicated Nazis and in one instance, included a former concentration camp commander! As the war progressed, their crimes in Greece increased in intensity and volume. The behavior of the GFP in Greece was a combination of the manner in which they operated in the West and East.

Canada's Road to the Pacific War - Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis (Paperback): Timothy. Wilford Canada's Road to the Pacific War - Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis (Paperback)
Timothy. Wilford
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In December 1941, Japan attacked multiple targets in the Far East
and the Pacific, including Hong Kong, where Canadian battalions were
stationed. The disaster suggested that the Allies were totally
unprepared for war with Japan. This book dispels that assumption by
offering the first in-depth account of Canadian intelligence gathering
and strategic planning leading up to the crisis.

Timothy Wilford reminds us that Canada was both a Pacific and an
Atlantic power, and the first nation to declare war on Japan. Canadian
intelligence officers and strategists monitored Japan's movements
and worked closely with their US and Allied counterparts to develop a
picture of Japan's intentions and a strategic plan to meet
challenges in the Pacific. Although Canada wanted to avoid conflict
with Japan until US participation was assured, policy makers fully
anticipated action in the Pacific and made preparations for national
and imperial defence, which included the internment of Japanese
Canadians.

Canada's Road to the Pacific War sheds new light on
Canadian decision making, Commonwealth strategic planning, and the
emerging Anglo-American special relationship during a crisis that led
to war in the Pacific, as well as to the creation of the Grand
Alliance.


Timothy Wilford received a doctorate in history from
the University of Ottawa and specializes in twentieth-century military
history.

The Puppet Masters - Spies, traitors and the real forces behind world events (Paperback): John Hughes-Wilson The Puppet Masters - Spies, traitors and the real forces behind world events (Paperback)
John Hughes-Wilson 2
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The secret world of military intelligence - written by a senior intelligence officer John Hughes-Wilson is a former intelligence officer and is ideally placed to reveal the secret history of military intelligence. He takes us 'behind the scenes' of military and political events from Elizabeth I to Osama bin Laden and the crisis in the Middle East. The book is divided into three parts. The first investigates some famous disasters when lack of intelligence was the decisive factor, e.g. Gallipoli and Dieppe. The second examines some equally famous examples of good intelligence being overlooked or ignored, e.g. the 'bridge too far' battle of Arnhem. The last part goes behind the scenes of some famous successes, from the capture of Slobodan Milosevic to the defeat of IRA bombing campaigns and the arrest of a spy ring at the heart of NATO.

Surprise Attack - The Victim's Perspective, With a New Preface (Paperback, Revised): Ephraim Kam Surprise Attack - The Victim's Perspective, With a New Preface (Paperback, Revised)
Ephraim Kam
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgemental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints.

Canaris - Hitler's Master Spy (Paperback, 1st Cooper Square Press ed): Heinz Hohne Canaris - Hitler's Master Spy (Paperback, 1st Cooper Square Press ed)
Heinz Hohne
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Head of the Abwehr (German military intelligence) during World War II, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945) has been both damned as Hitler's master spy and praised as the true hero of the German anti-Nazi resistance. What emerges in Heinz Hohne's definitive biography is a panoramic view of the rise and fall of Nazism as reflected in the destiny of one man who hoped, for patriotic purposes, to harness evil temporarily, only to be destroyed by it.

Silent Warfare - Understanding the World of Intelligence (Paperback, 3rd ed): Abram N. Shulsky Silent Warfare - Understanding the World of Intelligence (Paperback, 3rd ed)
Abram N. Shulsky
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, "Silent Warfare" is an insider's guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt clearly explain such topics as the principles of collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, and their interrelationship with policymakers and democratic values. This new edition takes account of the expanding literature in the field of intelligence and deals with the consequences for intelligence of vast recent changes in telecommunication and computer technology-the new "information age." It also reflects the world's strategic changes since the end of the Cold War. This landmark book provides a valuable framework for understanding today's headlines, as well as the many developments likely to come in the real world of the spy.

An Englishman Abroad - SOE agent Dick Mallaby's Italian missions, 1943-45 (Hardcover): Gianluca Barneschi An Englishman Abroad - SOE agent Dick Mallaby's Italian missions, 1943-45 (Hardcover)
Gianluca Barneschi 1
R529 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Save R37 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The debonair Special Operations Executive agent Richard "Dick" Mallaby was the first Briton to be sent to Italy as an SOE operative, parachuted unceremoniously into Lake Como in August 1943. Arrested and initially tortured by the Italian authorities, he managed to sweet-talk his way out of trouble and helped Marshal Pietro Badoglio and King Victor Emmanuel III escape to the Allied lines. He also helped negotiate the armistice with Italy, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.

He was back in action in 1945, when he crossed into Fascist-controlled northern Italy from Switzerland but was swiftly captured and interrogated by the SS. Narrowly avoiding a firing squad once again, he helped to secure the surrender of 800,000 German forces in Italy in May 1945.

Based on 20 years of research, Gianluca Barneschi has uncovered the true story of a real-life James Bond.

Dilly - The Man Who Broke Enigmas (Paperback): Mavis Batey Dilly - The Man Who Broke Enigmas (Paperback)
Mavis Batey
R354 R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Save R61 (17%) Out of stock

This biography of Britain's leading wartime codebreaker by one of the top female codebreakers offers a portait of a great British eccentric and a fascinating and detailed behind-the-scenes look into the hidden side of war.

Hitler's Spies - Secret Agents And The Intelligence War In South Africa (Paperback): Evert Kleynhans Hitler's Spies - Secret Agents And The Intelligence War In South Africa (Paperback)
Evert Kleynhans
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R34 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain’s side, the German government secretly reached out to the anti-war political opposition, and to the leadership of the pro-fascist Ossewabrandwag.

The Nazis’ aim was to spread sedition in South Africa and to undermine the Allied war effort. To this end, they even offered to supply weapons to the Ossewabrandwag. But the critical strategic importance of the sea route round the Cape of Good Hope meant that the Germans were also after naval intelligence. Soon U-boat packs were sent to operate in South African waters, to deadly effect.

With the help of the Ossewabrandwag, a network of German spies was established to gather important political and military intelligence and relay it back to the Reich. Agents would use a variety of channels to send coded messages to Axis diplomats in nearby Mozambique. Meanwhile, police detectives and MI5 agents hunted in vain for illegal wireless transmitters.

Drawing on numerous primary and archival sources, Hitler’s South African Spies presents an unrivalled account of the German intelligence networks that operated in wartime South Africa and investigates the true threat level presented by Nazi Germany. It includes a fascinating account of the Royal Navy’s signals intelligence network in southern Africa and also details the hunt in post-war Europe for witnesses to help the South African government bring charges of high treason against key Ossewabrandwag members.

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