Ring of Spies

How MI5 and the FBI Brought Down the Nazis in America

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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HISTORY PRESS
01 December 2022

History; Military history; Fascism & Nazism; Espionage & secret services

In 193537 America passed several Neutrality Acts, vowing never again to take sides in a European conflict. In 1938 public attitudes changed, with the American people beginning to favour Britain and turn against Germany but what caused this shift of opinion?

One reason was the tip-off received by the FBI on the eve of the Second World War, which led to the exposure of a Nazi spy ring operating right there in America. The FBI was able to bring the group to justice and launch a campaign to warn the American people about the Nazi threat to their shores and society.

In Ring of Spies, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones reveals how this case helped to awaken America to the Nazi menace, and how it skewed American opinion, thus spelling the end of US neutrality. Using evidence from FBI files he uncovers a story straight out of a detective novel, featuring honey traps, fast cars and double agents.

AUTHOR: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is the acclaimed author of We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (OUP, 2017) and In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence (OUP, 2013). He has a special interest in intelligence and detective history, and has written histories of the FBI and of British-American intelligence cooperation.

20 b/w illustrations

By: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
Imprint: HISTORY PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781803990361
ISBN 10: 1803990368
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is the acclaimed author of We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (OUP, 2017) and In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence (OUP, 2013). He has a special interest in intelligence and detective history, and has written histories of the FBI and of British-American intelligence cooperation.