Black Ops

Secret Military Operations

Nigel West

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Welbeck
05 January 2021

British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Military history; Special & elite forces

Black Ops is a thrilling compendium of undercover warfare from around the world. Here you will meet the most hardened soldiers and operatives facing extraordinary dangers deep behind enemy lines.

The book features many amazing stories from World War II, such as the assassination of Holocaust architect Reinhard Heydrich by Britain's Special Operations Executive, which in 1940 received its mission from Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze' in the battle against Nazi tyranny. Also told are the stories of Stalin's favourite spy; the little-known account of how Japanese military codes were cracked; and Operation Mincemeat, which led to the invasion of Sicily.

Written by a leading military intelligence expert, Black Ops ranges across a century of remarkable clandestine operations. Starting with Hans Carl Lody, the first German spy during World War I, we also have the plot to assassinate Lenin; the origins of strategic deception; and the Cold War defection of Oleg Gordievsky from the Soviet Union. The book is brought right up to date with the plot to assassinate Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALS in 2011, and the attempted assassination of the Skripals in the UK in 2018, leading to fears that the world is on the brink of a new Cold War.

A compelling anthology of spies, soldiers, mercenaries and assassins, Black Ops tells the secret history of 20th- and 21st-century warfare.

By: Nigel West
Imprint: Welbeck
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 186mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9780233006246
ISBN 10: 0233006249
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lieutenant Hans Carl Lody The Ambassadors' Plot The Zimmermann Telegram Mata Hari Richard Meinertzhagen Dublin Castle The Trust: The Cheka's infiltration of the anti-Bolsheviks The American Black Chamber Sir Compton Mackenzie Lieutenant Wilfred Macartney Jessie Jordan Canned Goods The Venlo Incident Kurt Ludwig Sonya Richard Sorge Bletchley Park Magic Mincemeat The Double Cross System Nordpol Garbo Maskirovna Dragoon Red Orchestra Greif Corby Venona Klaus Fuchs The Cambridge Ring-of-Five Shamrock Pimlico Neptune The Skripals and the future of covert operations.

Nigel West is an author specialising in security, intelligence, secret service and espionage issues. He is the European Editor of the World Intelligence Review, published in Washington DC, and the editorial director of The St Ermin's Press. In 1989 he was voted 'The Experts' Expert' by the Observer in London. He writes regularly for SpearsWealth Management Survey and works with The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies.

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Black Ops

Secret Military Operations

Nigel West

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