Hidden Weapons - Hardcover

Hidden Weapons Allied Secret or Undercover Services in World War II

Boards. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 1982 Red Cloth. First Edition. Hardback. Not Signed or Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A review of all forms of Intelligence and the use and misuse that was made of them in all the major phases of World War II. Among the subjects covered are the low priority given to Intelligence between the wars, the tendency of senior officials to rely more on their own hunches than on intelligence reports, the failure to foresee the German invasion of Norway, why, even with the aid of Enigma, the Allies were unable to turn the scales in Crete and why the Americans, though privy to some of Japan's most closely guarded secrets, were taken by surprise in Pearl Harbour. With a foreword by Professor R.V. Jones. A fine copy with a very good dust jacket (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature. Artikel-Nr. 026745

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