Description:
This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean "Double-Cross System" of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primarily by British officers which turned captured German spies into double agents. Through a complex system of coordination, they were utilized from 1941 to the end of the war in 1945 to secure Allied territory through security and counter-intelligence operations, and also to deceive the German military by passing false information about Allied military planning and operations.
Review Quotes:
"This is an essential read for those with an interest in intelligence operations, as Lintott offers us a look at undertakings involving different problems in a different environment." - The NYMAS Review