20th Century / Espionage

This collection of vivid essays examines some of the most fascinating aspects of the German resistance to Hitler. It includes the first translations into English of pioneering studies on the role of...

For several months in 1943, seven young airmen, all volunteers, were molded into an RAF crew tasked with undertaking perilous operations over Occupied Europe. Drawn together from England, Argentina,...

While most famous for its U-2 penetration flights over the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People’s Republic of China, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a large number of ‘other’ types of intelligence-gathering aircraft, or specially modified aircraft for operations beyond the Iron Curtain from the mid-1940s.

Beating the Invader is a revealing and disturbing exploration of the darker history of Nazis, spies and ‘Fifth Columnist’ saboteurs in Britain and the extensive top secret counter-measures taken before and during the real threat of invasion in 1940.

A unique look at American military intelligence during World War II using contemporary manuals and briefings.

Updated edition of the ground-breaking 2017 publication that offered the first comprehensive account of the work of Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service.When Neville Chamberlain made his famous...

The first full account of the crucial work done at Fort Hunt, Virginia during World War II, where the highest-level German prisoners were interrogated, and captured documents analyzed.

Compared to many of MI5's other double agents, HARLEQUIN’s career was very short-lived, lasting only for a few months in 1943. However, during that time he provided insights into the various parties...