Authors: Ben Macintyre
Tags: #General, #Psychology, #Europe, #History, #Great Britain, #20th Century, #Political Freedom & Security, #Intelligence, #Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence, #Political Science, #Espionage, #Modern, #World War, #1939-1945, #Military, #Italy, #Naval, #World War II, #Secret service, #Sicily (Italy), #Deception, #Military - World War II, #War, #History - Military, #Military - Naval, #Military - 20th century, #World War; 1939-1945, #Deception - Spain - Atlantic Coast - History - 20th century, #Naval History - World War II, #Ewen, #Military - Intelligence, #World War; 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain, #Sicily (Italy) - History; Military - 20th century, #1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain, #Atlantic Coast (Spain), #1939-1945 - Spain - Atlantic Coast, #1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy - Sicily, #Intelligence Operations, #Deception - Great Britain - History - 20th century, #Atlantic Coast (Spain) - History, #Montagu, #Atlantic Coast (Spain) - History; Military - 20th century, #Sicily (Italy) - History, #World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy - Sicily, #Operation Mincemeat, #Montagu; Ewen, #World War; 1939-1945 - Spain - Atlantic Coast
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About the Author
BEN MACINTYRE is writer-at-large and associate editor of the
Times
of London. He is the author of
Agent Zigzag, The Man Who Would Be King, The Englishman’s Daughter, The Napoleon of Crime
, and
Forgotten Fatherland
. He lives in London with his wife, the novelist Kate Muir, and their three children.
COPYRIGHT © 2010 BY BEN MACINTYRE
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II
by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macintyre, Ben, 1963–
Operation Mincemeat / Ben Macintyre.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Operation Mincemeat. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Secret service—
Great Britain. 3. Montagu, Ewen, 1901–1985. 4. Deception—Great Britain—
History—20th century. 5. Deception—Spain—Atlantic Coast—History—
20th century. 6. Great Britain—Royal Navy—History—World War,
1939–1945. 7. World War, 1939–1945—Spain—Atlantic Coast. 8. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Italy—Sicily. 9. Sicily (Italy)—History, Military—
20th century. 10. Atlantic Coast (Spain)—History, Military—
20th century. I. Title.
D810.S7M246 2010
940.54′8641—dc22 2009047562
eISBN: 978-0-307-45329-7
v3.0
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