Women in intelligence : the hidden history of two world wars

Fry, Helen, 1967- author.

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"From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners. And, back in Bletchley and Whitehall, women's vital administrative work in MI offices kept the British war engine running. In this major,...

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ISBN:

9780300260779

Description:

xiv, 435 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-428) and index

Contents:

Prologue : I never knew his name
Introduction : reclaiming a lost past
Invisible spies
Espionage behind enemy lines
Intelligence on the Home Front
Spies and infiltrators
Secret secretaries
The codebreakers
When the walls had ears
Women of naval intelligence
Eyes in the sky
Double cross agents
Double cross deception
The Baker Street Irregulars
Section X
Spy swap
SOE and intelligence
Noah's Ark
The Clarence Service
M19 secret agents
Women of MI6
Cloak and dagger
Epilogue : a life in secrets

LCCN:

2023943513

Control Number:

3301384

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