Pagination: xv1 + 423pp 22 illustrations, 9 maps and tables
Condition: Old NEW Stock w.minimal shelf/storage wear.
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An account of British Military Intelligence in WWI. How it moved from the comparatively simple problems of obtaining information from enemy soldiers and civilians, to the development of codes and ciphers. Covers the Secret Service and its special operations, spy rings, the presiding genius of intelligence - George Macdonough, and the alleged secret rescue of Grand Duchess Tatiana from Russia.
