{"product_id":"max-hastings-the-secret-war-2015-paperback","title":"Max Hastings: The Secret War [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Authoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'A serious work of rigourous and comprehensive history ... royally entertaining and readable' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn 'The Secret War', Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War II, and the impact of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations on events. Written on a global scale, the book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war waged unceasingly by men and women often far from the battlefields but whose actions profoundly influenced the outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eReturning to the Second World War for the first time since his best-selling 'All Hell Let Loose', Hastings weaves into a 'big picture' framework, the human stories of spies and intelligence officers who served their respective masters. Told through a series of snapshots of key moments, the book looks closely at Soviet espionage operations which dwarfed those of every other belligerent in scale, as well as the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park - the greatest intelligence achievement of the conflict - with many more surprising and unfamiliar tales of treachery, deception, betrayal and incompetence by spies of Axis, Allied or indeterminate loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hastings, Max","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":52476827631955,"sku":"XG80007503919","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50044334014803,"sku":"XV80007503919","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hastings-max-max-hastings-the-secret-war-2015-paperback-xv80007503919-60613549293907.jpg?v=1735878724","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/max-hastings-the-secret-war-2015-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}