The Spies Who Came Back To The Cold An Icelandic Saga Of Secret Agents Intelligence Agencies Deception Political Intrigue And International Diplomacy During The Second World War

Author : Bernard O'Connor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326931350
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE SPIES WHO CAME BACK TO THE COLD: An Icelandic saga of secret agents, intelligence agencies, deception, political intrigue and international diplomacy during the Second World War written by Bernard O'Connor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, the German Intelligence Service infiltrated specially-trained agents into Iceland to collect military, naval, aviation and meteorological intelligence to be transmitted back to Hamburg by wireless or secret writing. Some agents managed to evade capture for a few weeks but most handed themselves into the authorities shortly after landing. Sent to London for interrogation by MI5, rather than be executed as enemy spies, they revealed their life stories and provided details of their training, their instructors and how they were infiltrated. They included Olev Saetrang, Ib Riis, Sigurjon Jonsson, Jens Palsson, Peter Thomsen aka Jens Fridriksson, Larus Thorsteinsson, Einar Sigvaldason, Magnus Gudbjornsson, Sverrir Matthiasson, Ernst Fresenius, Sigurdur Juliusson, Hjalti Bjornsson and Gudbrandur Hlidar. Three of these spies were 'turned', used as double agents to transmit British-inspired messages to deceive the Germans about Arctic convoys and a fake Allied invasion of Norway.

Author : R. C. S. Trahair
Publisher : Enigma Books
ISBN 13 : 1936274256
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations written by R. C. S. Trahair and published by Enigma Books. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only updated Cold War spy encyclopedia in print.

Author : C. G. McKay
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714634708
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Information to Intrigue written by C. G. McKay and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an account of some key activities of the Allied secret services and their German counterparts in Sweden during World War II. It also describes in some detail Swedish wartime legislation and Swedish organizations concerned with internal security and intelligence.

Author : Peter A. Huchthausen
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471785309
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hide and Seek written by Peter A. Huchthausen and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2009-01-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991, from both sides, East and West. Unlike other accounts, which focus on submarine confrontations and accidents, the authors cover all types of naval intelligence, human collection (racing with the Soviets to capture Nazi subs, successful and losing spies and defectors), signal intelligence (surface, air, satellite and navy commando teams in balaclavas launched by speed boats from subs), acoustic (passive underwater arrays and tapping phone lines), and the aerial and space reconnaissance. The authors give details of operations in all these areas, some of which were witnessed first hand. "A new light is shed on the spy ships incidents of the 1960s and on submarine intrusions in Swedish waters. Excerpts of the Soviet Navy instructions on UFOs and accounts of Soviet naval encounters with unexplained objects are also published for the first time outside of Russia; and much more."

Author : Ian Dear
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752479199
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spy and Counterspy written by Ian Dear and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shadowy world of supposedly legalized spying has an enduring fascination for us all. Spy and Counterspy reveals for the first time the web of spies that spanned the globe during and after the Second World War, working for organisations like MI5 & MI6, the CIA & OSS, Soviet Smersh & NKVD, Japanese Tokko and the German Gestapo. These men and women lived extraordinary lives, always on the edge of exposure and the risk of death. Many of them were so in love with the Great Game of espionage that they betrayed their countries and acted as double and sometimes even triple agents in a complex deception that threatened the very grasp of power in government. Their war in the shadows remained unrecognized until today.

Author : Tennent H. Bagley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628735430
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spymaster written by Tennent H. Bagley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Tennent Bagley’s Spymaster is the single most revealing book about espionage to emerge from the Cold War.” —Edward Jay Epstein, author of Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA From the dark days of World War II through the Cold War, Sergey A. Kondrashev was a major player in Russia’s notorious KGB espionage apparatus. Rising through its ranks through hard work and keen understanding of how the spy and political games are played, he “handled” American and British defectors, recruited Western operatives as double agents, served as a ranking officer at the East Berlin and Vienna KGB bureaus, and tackled special assignments from the Kremlin. During a 1994 television program about former spymasters, Kondrashev met and began a close friendship with a former foe, ex-CIA officer Tennent H. “Pete” Bagley, whom the Russian asked to help write his memoirs. Because Bagley knew so much about Kondrashev’s career (they had been on opposite sides in several operations), his penetrating questions and insights reveal slices of espionage history that rival anything found in the pages of Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, or John le Carré: chilling tales of surviving Stalin’s purges while superiors and colleagues did not, of plotting to reveal the Berlin tunnel, of quelling the Hungarian Revolution and “Prague Spring” independence movements, and of assisting in arranging the final disposition of the corpses of Adolf Hitler and Evan Braun. Kondrashev also details equally fascinating KGB propaganda and disinformation efforts that shaped Western attitudes throughout the Cold War. Because publication of these memoirs was banned by Putin’s regime, Bagley promised Kondrashev to have them published in the West. They are now available to all who are fascinated by vivid tales of international intrigue.

Author : Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
ISBN 13 : 1631684159
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Master of Disguise written by Malcolm McConnell and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations. Adept at creating new identities for anyone, anywhere, Mendez was involved in operations all over the world, from “Wild West” adventures in East Asia to Cold War intrigue in Moscow. In 1980, he orchestrated the escape of six Americans from a hostage situation in revolutionary Tehran, Iran. This extraordinary operation inspired the movie Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck.

Author : George Cristian Maior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680530803
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's First Spy written by George Cristian Maior and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting book, distinguished Romanian diplomat and scholar George Cristian Maior - currently serving as Romania's ambassador in Washington - recounts the thrilling tale of America's first spy drama - the legendary Frank Wisner's intelligence operations in Romania as World War II ended and the Cold War dawned. An Office of Strategic Services operative who later rose to become the Central Intelligence Agency's operations chief before his tragic suicide, Wisner's mission bestrode two worlds and witnessed profound changes that global politics have grappled with ever since. Painstakingly reconstructed with the aid of specialized literature and relevant archival collections, especially those of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the U .S. Department of State's Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), Ambassador Maior also worked extensively with the declassified documents of Romania's wartime and immediate postwar espionage agency, the Special Intelligence Service (Serviciul Special de Informaţii: SSI). Maior also had unprecedented access to previously unpublished materials from the personal archive of Frank Wisner's son, the leading American diplomat Frank G. Wisner, II. The picture that emerges is one of danger and stealth, a real-life spy thriller unfolding just as the Cold War began.

Author : H Keith Melton
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0241234638
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Spy written by H Keith Melton and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the secret world of espionage Take a look inside the covert world of espionage - its history, the hi-tech spy gadgets and aspects of spycraft from surveillance to assassination. DK's Ultimate Spy is filled with stunning, specially commissioned photographs that show details of equipment including spycams, bugs, weapons and drone aircraft. From the earliest intrigues at royal courts through the covert operations of the CIA and KGB during the Cold War to the revelations from Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, delve into the secret world of espionage.

Author : Antonio J. Mendez
Publisher : Beyond Words/Atria Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spy Dust written by Antonio J. Mendez and published by Beyond Words/Atria Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaged in a potentially lethal battle of wits with the KGB during the twilight years of the Cold War, Tony and Jonna Mendez show the extraordinary lengths that United States intelligence is willing to go to protect a source, and then to rescue him when his world starts to collapse.