The role of undercover intelligence operations in determiningthe outcome of global warfare has for too long i been shrouded in a veil of misleading obscurity. But, here, in-łhls provocative and stimulating survey of the world’s t-' major intelligence networks, Constantine FitzGibbon, himself a former intelligence officer, offers fresh, first-hand j insight into some of the most compulsive riddles in this | century of secret conflict.
Why did the British deliberately invent the ‘Lucy Ring’ for transmitting top secret Information to their Russian j allies?
Were the Americans warned about the imminent Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and if so - why did they fail to act?
How did the closely guarded Ultra Operation really work I and what was its true military significance in the i decipherment of the crucial German ‘Enigma Machinę’?
Here also, is a fascinating glimpse at present-day espionage activities, including frightening revelations about the increased use of sophisticated technology and its inherent danger for the futurę of world security.
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