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The Secret War

Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945

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The Secret War

De: Max Hastings
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From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of Inferno and Catastrophe: 1914, The Secret War is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II - intelligence - showing how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.

Spies, codes, and guerrillas played unprecedentedly critical roles in the Second World War, exploited by every nation in the struggle to gain secret knowledge of its foes, and to sow havoc behind the fronts. In The Secret War, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and some extraordinary sagas of intelligence and resistance, to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history.

©2015 Max Hastings (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
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Detailed Stories • Comprehensive History • Good Narration • Interesting Anecdotes • Broad Coverage
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a bit long but a good narration. Tons of stories about every angle of WWII.

a very comprehensive history of secret warfare.

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Any WWII student must read this. E.g.. USA decrypts vs. Bletchley Park decrypts, and human int. vs. signals int. vs HARD POWER!!!!

Great synthesis of WWII new and old info

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This book had lots of details around the clandestine operations of WWII. Had so much detail that is was hard to follow for long periods of time.

Detailed stories

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Very informational, flowed well.

A few shots at modern US policies that dampen the the book.

Good Book

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Narrator gives condescending English tone, next time select a woman narrator, preferably with a Scottish, welsh or Irish accent.

Narrator bland English.

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Here is what one person wrote,

"Simply a joy from beginning to end. Entertaining, broad, deep, and filled with anecdotes and personal fates and stories.Pretty much a complete story on the subject."

I couldn't agree more. The narrator has a British accent which I think fits well with the telling of the tales. I've my share of reading on the subject and this book covers stories that I know about along with new insights into the would of espionage.

And I didn't find it tedious at all.

Enjoyable, informative with lots of information

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This work is excellent on all accounts although a bit long but the information provided is worth the effort.

Very thorough if somewhat lengthly.

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Max Hastings does a great job of taking you from the upper levels of operations to the individual in the action. Well done

Good information

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This is one of those books that you can better read than listen to. The subject matter is very well treated, the narrator does a well enough job, but a there's a lot to ingest and a regular need to look back a few pages at a name or a date. And that, as we all know, is rather difficult with an audiobook.

Better read than listened to

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It's unusual for an author to write so much on a subject and conclude that it really wasn't all that important, but that is basically Hastings' thesis. The book looks at espionage and code breaking from the perspective of both the Allied and Axis powers. With the exception of a few cases such as Ultra and the intelligence gained by the US Navy before Midway, spying really did not alter the course of WWII. Either the intel was ignored because it was buried in a surfeit of data or conflicted with political ideology, or countries simply did not have the physical power at the critical point to alter the military outcome. This is a good read nevertheless. It resonates with current-day limitations in combating terrorism. There is a lot of minutia that is instantly forgotten and the book bogs down in spots, but the lives of spies are varied and interesting even if what they did contributed very little to the course of history.

Spying--Maybe not so Important after all.

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