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1. Book reviews.

Author

Watt, D. Cameron, Foot, M. R. D., Jackson, Peter, Yu Shen, Stafford, David, Jones, Matthew, Mawby, Spencer, Rawnsley, Gary D., and Riste, Olav

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews several books on military intelligence such as the "Spies of the Kaiser: German Covert Operations in Great Britain During the First World War Era" by Thomas Boghardt, "Enigma: How the Poles Broke the Nazi Code," by Wladyslaw Kozaczuk and Jerzy Straszak, "Thailand's Secret War: The Free Thai, OSS, and SOE During World War II," by E. Bruce Reynolds, and "The Price of Patriotism," by John Earle.

Published
2005
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2. Churchill and Appeasement (Book).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL relations, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Churchill and Appeasement,' by R.A.C. Parker.

Published
2001

3. World War Two: Behind Closed Doors.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*DIPLOMATIC history, *NONFICTION
Abstract

One of the most cynical acts of twentieth-century realpolitik was the non-aggression pact of August 1939 between Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Third Reich. Hitler's promise had been to slay the dragon of Bolshevism, and to communists everywhere Nazism was seen as evil incarnate. It's no wonder that thousands of members quit communist parties across Europe in disillusionment and bewilderment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008

5. The Oddball Gang That Saved D-Day.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*SPIES, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies," by Ben Macintyre.

Published
2012

6. The Upside of a Famous Failure.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*AIR warfare, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Crossing the Rhine: Breaking into Nazi Germany 1944 and 1945: The Greatest Airborne Battles in History," by Lloyd Clark.

Published
2008

8. SOE (Book Review).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*SPECIAL forces (Military science), *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive, 1940-46,' by M.R.D. Foot.

Published
1985
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9. Other Losses (Book Review).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*HISTORY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book `Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of French and Americans after World War II,' by James Bacque.

Published
1990

10. Operation 'Menace' (Book Review).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
OPERATION Menace, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Operation 'Menace': The Dakar Expedition and the Dudley North Affair,' by Arthur Marder.

Published
1977
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11. Spitting in the dark.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*NONFICTION, BRITISH history
Abstract

Reviews the book "Wartime: Britain 1939-1945," by Juliet Gardiner.

Published
2005

13. WE DIE ALONE (Book).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*AUTOBIOGRAPHY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'We Die Alone,' by David Howarth.

Published
2002

14. NANCY WAKE (Book).

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*BIOGRAPHY (Literary form), *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Nancy Wake: The Inspiring Story of One of the War's Great Heroines,' by Peter FitzSimmons.

Published
2002

15. They could not tell a lie.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*NONFICTION, GERMAN occupation of Netherlands, 1940-1945
Abstract

Reviews the book 'SOE in the Low Countries,' by M.R.D. Foot.

Published
2002

16. Colonel Shrapnel fires back.

Author

Stafford, David

Subjects
*WORLD War II personal narratives, *DIARY (Literary form), *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'War Diaries 1939-1945,' by Lord Alanbrooke, and edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman.

Published
2001

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