British Intelligence in the Second World War
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 31, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780521394093
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Military intelligence; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; Intelligence Operations; World War II; History; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; Europe; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain
First sentence: SECURITY as it was defined by the British war-time Security Executive in 1942 - 'the defence of national interests against hostile elements other than the armed forces of the enemy: in practice against espionage, sabotage and attempts to procure defeat by subversive political activity' - has been almost everywhere a major and a continuing preoccupation of governments and their citizens since the Second World War.