The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.
The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in part… - Ben Macintyre
The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in part…
- Ben Macintyre
Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent. Technology… - Ben Macintyre
Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent. Technology…
To disarm while being best armed, out of an elevation of sensibility-that is the means to real peace. - Ben Macintyre
To disarm while being best armed, out of an elevation of sensibility-that is the means to real peace.
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committ… - Ben Macintyre
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committ…
I love telling stories, and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret. - Ben Macintyre
I love telling stories, and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.
Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to … - Ben Macintyre
Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to …
What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Mo… - Ben Macintyre
What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Mo…
If you put into one room everyone who considered themselves a Nietzschean, there would be a bloodbath. - Ben Macintyre
If you put into one room everyone who considered themselves a Nietzschean, there would be a bloodbath.
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