Evans,
Michael. "MI5 Papers: Falcons on the Tail of Enemy." Times
(London), 27 Jan. 1999. Evans,
Michael. "MI5 Papers: Falcons on the Tail of Enemy." Times
(London), 27 Jan. 1999.
According to MI5 files released on 26 January 1996, MI5 was so "concerned about the German secret service using pigeons for transmitting messages in the event of an invasion of England" that falcons were trained to intercept them.
Faran, Ray Alexander.
Winged Dagger: Adventures on Special Service. London: Collins, 1948.
Wilcox: "Account of British intelligence operatives during World War II."
Ferris, John. "'FORTITUDE' in Context: The Evolution of British Military Deception in Two World Wars, 1914-1945." In Paradoxes of Strategic Intelligence: Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel, eds. Richard K. Betts and Thomas G. Mahnken, 117-165. London: Frank Cass, 2003.
Ferris, John. "From
Broadway House to Bletchley Park: The Diary of Captain Malcolm D. Kennedy,
1934-1946." Intelligence and National Security 4, no. 3 (Jul.
1989): 421-450.
Sexton notes that Kennedy was "a translator in the Japanese Diplomatic Section of GC and CS"; this is a "very valuable source."
Filby, P. William.
"Floradora and a Unique Break into One-Time Pad Ciphers." Intelligence
and National Security 10, no. 3 (Jul. 1995): 408-422.
This article is based on the author's memory "without recourse to official papers." According to Filby, Floradora was broken in 1943, not in 1942 as stated in Alastair G. Denniston, "The Government Code and Cypher School Between the Wars," Intelligence and National Security 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1986), p. 56.
Fisk, Robert. In
Time of War: Ireland, Ulster, and the Price of Neutrality. Brandon,
Ireland: A. Deutsch, 1983.
Foot, M.R.D. "The Death of General Sikorski." Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 3 (Jun. 2006): 457-458.
A brief article to argue that the crash of Sikorski's plane off Gibralter in July 1943 was an accident, not an effort by MI6 to get rid of an annoyance.
Foot, M.R.D. Six
Faces of Courage. London: Methuen, 1978.
Clark comment: Foot tells the stories of six heroes (four men and two women) in the World War II intelligence war. To Constantinides, this "is a moving book," but one that "is also instructive" by identifying "what helps make agents great."
Foot, M.R.D., ed. Holland at War against Hitler: Anglo-Dutch Relations 1940-1945. London: Frank Cass, 1990.
Fraser-Smith, Charles.
Secret Warriors: Hidden Heroes of MI6, OSS, MI9, SOE & SAS. Exeter,
UK: Paternoster, 1984. [Petersen]
Fuller,
Jean Overton. Double Webs: Light on the Secret Agents War in France. London: Putnam, 1958. [Wilcox]
Garby-Czerniawski,
Roman. The Big Network. London: G. Ronald, 1961.
Polish intelligence officer surveys clandestine operations in occupied Europe.
Haldane, R.A. The
Hidden War. New York: St. Martin's 1978. London: Hale, 1978.
Constantinides comments that if the author's "aim was to tell the story of secret communications [in World War II] in perspective against the background of events[,] he did not succeed.... [E]rrors or inadequacies dot the work." For Nautical Brass Bibliography, http://members.aol.com/nbrass/biblio.htm, the work is "[l]ight on physical details, and [has a] fuzzy understanding of Enigma."
Hamilton, Alexander.
Wings of Night: The Secret Missions of Group Captain Charles Pickard.
London: Kimber, 1977.
Constantinides: Pickard flew missions infiltrating and exfiltrating agents from German-occupied Europe. Wings of Night "is good on some aspects of the air support provided intelligence operations in World War II." See also, McCall, Flight Most Secret (1981).
Hamilton, Nigel. Monty:
The Battles of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. New York: Random House,
1994.
Periscope 19.4: "This is not a book on intelligence, but rather military history in which the role of intelligence becomes increasingly clear." Hamilton gives "Montgomery's views and use of intelligence, particularly ULTRA, at El Alamein, the Normandy landing, Battle of the Bulge, and other operations."
Howarth, Patrick. Intelligence
Chief Extraordinary: The Life of the Ninth Duke of Portland. London:
Bodley Head, 1986.
Clark comment: This is a biography of Sir Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, who headed the Joint Intelligence Council (JIC) during World War II. Sexton views Howarth's work as "[e]ssential for understanding the organizational and structural innovations that marked the advent of intelligence as an essential factor in the national decision-making process." To Foot, I&NS 2.1, this biography is "rewarding."
Howarth, Patrick. Special
Operations. London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1955.
Wilcox: "Account of British Special Operations during World War II."
Hunt, David [Sir].
A Don at War. London: Kimber, 1966. 2d ed. London: Frank Cass, 1990. Reprint. London: Frank Cass, 1997. 2002. [pb]
Constantinides notes that "intelligence is not central to this memoir" which looks more at the "bigger picture." Hunt has a high opinion of deception as a war-fighting technique and a low opinion of the value of agents. According to Surveillant 1.5, the 1991 edition of Hunt's book includes a foreword "taking into account the significance of 'Ultra.' Hunt covers his WWII career in The Desert, Greece, Crete, Sicily and Italy."
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