In the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies. In Germany it was the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst; in Britain it was MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE); in the United States it was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); in Japan it was the Kempet'ai; and in Italy the Servicio di Informazione Militare (SIM). Sixty years after World War II secrets are still being revealed about the covert activities that took place. Many countries had secret agencies maintaining covert operations, but even ostensibly neutral countries also conducted secret operations. Changes in American, British, and even Soviet official attitudes to declassification in the 1980s allowed thousands of secret documents to be made available for public examination, and the result was extensive revisionism of the conventional histories of the conflict, which previously had excluded references to secret intelligence sources.
The Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence tells the emerging history of the intelligence world during World War II. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the secret agencies, operations, and events. The world of double agents, spies, and moles during WWII is explained in the most comprehensive reference currently available.
From Booklist
Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence is the seventh installment of the Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence series. The author, who also wrote three of the other books in the series, is recognized as an expert in the fields of intelligence and counterintelligence. Arranged alphabetically, the 600-plus entries include people, code names for spies and operations, agencies, techniques, and deception schemes connected with World War II, a period of time that shaped the world’s concept of secret intelligence. Entries range from one sentence to as much as 9 pages in length. Well-known people—such as Wilhelm Canaris, head of the German Abwehr; William “Wild Bill” Donovan, head of the OSS; and Kim Philby, an NKVD mole in Great Britain’s MI6—are profiled. Overlord, the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, and Enigma, the German cipher machine, are two of the more well-known code names described in this work. Explanations are included for such spy techniques as Microdots and the One-time pad. An introduction sets the stage for the book, discussing the use of intelligence and counterintelligence and the release of that information during the past 60 years. Month-by-month events for the years 1939–45 are highlighted in the chronology. Other helpful features are a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a 13-page bibliography, and an index. This is an excellent source for academic libraries, particularly for those with studies in military history, and for large public libraries. Scholars and general readers alike will enjoy this work. --Kaye Talley
評論
a handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....well done and will provide a handy and informative addition. ― American Reference Books Annual
A handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....Well done and will provide a handy and informative addition. ― Global War Studies
作者簡介
Nigel West is currently the European Editor of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence and teaches the history of postwar intelligence at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Alexandria, VA. He is the author of many books, including the Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2005), Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2006), and Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2007). In October 2003 he was awarded the U.S. Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award.
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In the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies. In Germany it was the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst; in Britain it was MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE); in the United States it was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); in Japan it was the Kempet'ai; and in Italy the Servicio di Informazione Militare (SIM). Sixty years after World War II secrets are still being revealed about the covert activities that took place. Many countries had secret agencies maintaining covert operations, but even ostensibly neutral countries also conducted secret operations. Changes in American, British, and even Soviet official attitudes to declassification in the 1980s allowed thousands of secret documents to be made available for public examination, and the result was extensive revisionism of the conventional histories of the conflict, which previously had excluded references to secret intelligence sources.
The Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence tells the emerging history of the intelligence world during World War II. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the secret agencies, operations, and events. The world of double agents, spies, and moles during WWII is explained in the most comprehensive reference currently available.
From Booklist
Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence is the seventh installment of the Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence series. The author, who also wrote three of the other books in the series, is recognized as an expert in the fields of intelligence and counterintelligence. Arranged alphabetically, the 600-plus entries include people, code names for spies and operations, agencies, techniques, and deception schemes connected with World War II, a period of time that shaped the world’s concept of secret intelligence. Entries range from one sentence to as much as 9 pages in length. Well-known people—such as Wilhelm Canaris, head of the German Abwehr; William “Wild Bill” Donovan, head of the OSS; and Kim Philby, an NKVD mole in Great Britain’s MI6—are profiled. Overlord, the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, and Enigma, the German cipher machine, are two of the more well-known code names described in this work. Explanations are included for such spy techniques as Microdots and the One-time pad. An introduction sets the stage for the book, discussing the use of intelligence and counterintelligence and the release of that information during the past 60 years. Month-by-month events for the years 1939–45 are highlighted in the chronology. Other helpful features are a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a 13-page bibliography, and an index. This is an excellent source for academic libraries, particularly for those with studies in military history, and for large public libraries. Scholars and general readers alike will enjoy this work. --Kaye Talley
評論
a handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....well done and will provide a handy and informative addition. ― American Reference Books Annual
A handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....Well done and will provide a handy and informative addition.
― Global War Studies
作者簡介
Nigel West is currently the European Editor of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence and teaches the history of postwar intelligence at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Alexandria, VA. He is the author of many books, including the Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2005), Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2006), and Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2007). In October 2003 he was awarded the U.S. Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award.