Nicholas, Elizabeth.
Death Be Not Proud. London: Cresset, 1958. Nicholas, Elizabeth.
Death Be Not Proud. London: Cresset, 1958.
Wilcox: "Account of British clandestine operations and espionage during World War II."
O'Halpin, Eunan.
1. Spying on Ireland: British Intelligence and Irish Neutrality during the Second World War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
From publisher: "Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security..... [T]his book reveals how Britain ... planned sabotage in and spied on Ireland, and at times sought to damage the neutral state's reputation internationally through black propaganda operations." The author "argues that British activities concerning Ireland should be placed in the wider context of intelligence and security problems that Britain faced in other neutral states, particularly Afghanistan and Persia.... [H]e illuminates how Britain dealt with challenges in these countries through a combination of diplomacy, covert gathering of intelligence, propaganda, and intimidation."
2. ed. MI5 and Ireland, 1939-1945: The Official History. London: Frank Cass, 2002.
From publisher: "This book provides the full text of the history of the MI5's Irish Section BIH, a secret document prepared in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Declassified only in 1999, the history gives a detailed account of the establishment and work of BIH, including its crucial liaison with Irish army intelligence."
Oliver, David. Airborne Espionage: International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars. Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2005.
Peake, Studies 49.3 (2005), finds that the author covers special-mission flying in World War I, between the wars, and in "the glory days of what the Allies called Special Duty (SD) Squadrons," World War II. In addition, Oliver "includes many of the Nazi and Japanese operations against the Allies and also describes their aircraft."
Pether, John. The Post Office at War and Fenny Stratford Repeater Station. Bletchley Park Report no. 12. Bletchley Park, UK: Bletchley Park Co. Ltd., 1998.
Kruh, Cryptologia 24.4: "[T]hroughout World War II ... a variety of ... units depended on the [British] Post Office for their communications."
Pinto, Oreste. Friend
or Foe? New York: Popular Library, 1954.
Wilcox: "Account of British intelligence, espionage and clandestine operation during World War II."
Place, T. Harrison.
"British Perceptions of the Tactics of the German Army, 1938-40."
Intelligence and National Security 9, no. 3 (Jul. 1994): 495-519.
"Clearly, the speed if not the fact of the German victory was a shock to the British military establishment.... [R]ich though the opportunities were for achieving an improved understanding of German tactics in the light of the Polish campaign, the British military establishment took less than full advantage of them."
Price,
Alfred. Instruments of Darkness: The History of Electronic Warfare.
London: Kimber, 1967. Rev. ed. London: Macdonalds & Janes, 1977. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978.
Clark comment: Price's Instruments of Darkness tells the story of British electronic warfare (EW) in World War II. Constantinides notes that Price lacked access to Ultra materials and "cannot match [R.V.] Jones's first-hand knowledge and access." Nevertheless, Price's work "still stands as one of the best" on the subject of EW deception connected with the invasion of France in 1944 (Overlord).
Riste, Olav. "Intelligence and the 'Mindset': The German Invasion of Norway in 1940." Intelligence and National Security 22, no. 4 (Aug. 2007): 521-536.
The German invasion of Norway and Denmark in April 1940 "was a brilliantly successful surprise attack." For both Norwegian and British policy-makers "the idea that Germany was about to launch a major invasion of Norway was remote from any of the preconceived scenarios about Germany's next move."
Rogers, James T., and Graham Yost, eds. The Shadow War: Espionage and World War II. New York: Facts on File, 1991.
Surveillant 2.5 says that this book "[p]rovides clear compelling accounts of American, British, German, and Japanese espionage and counterespionage organizations, their missions, their successes and failures.... Carefully researched."
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