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File Size: 12867 KB
Print Length: 450 pages
Publisher: Broadway Books (July 31, 2012)
Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0075WP9MK
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I chose this rating because it is a fantastic work and portrays the use and wackiness of the Double Cross system with a wealth of sources. The book revolves around 5-6 different spies, keeping the text from going stagnant. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys World War II, especially in things that may be considered forgotten details, or someone who enjoys learning about the War but not individual troop movements. The tone is upbeat, often humorous, and does not delve into bore. I enjoyed that the spotlight shone on the figures that Macintyre chose, whether they played into Operation Bodyguard or not. While many agents were involved, those brought to the center by Macintyre truly enrich the stories involved.
This is not a novel. Though there are a few James-Bondish characteristics to a couple of the principles, it's more of dry re-telling of "double-agent" realities from WWII, at least those being 'run' by British Secret Service, primarily in continental Europe (and a few in Russia). This is not to say boring, far from it. I was totally compelled to keep reading it, once i started. A lot of things are bought up here that you probably never heard before, such as the source of the term "Double Cross".Though this brand of espionage apparently served the Allies quite well, one of the main tensions in the book is how the whole program was often hanging by the thread of a spider-web. Plus, not everyone in British secret service agreed that they should be doing this or that it could possibly work at all, without a tremendous blowup and backlash.Very Informative.- Excellent book!
Ben MacIntire's DOUBLECROSS is a dazzling look at the secret war, "the bodyguard of lies", that kept the Germans confused and off-balance in the run-up to D-Day. It is full of characters that would be too implausible in fiction: the bisexual Peruvian girl who partied through Paris, a Polish ex-fighter pilot, a crazy Frenchwoman obsessed with her lapdog, and the key player, a Spanish chicken farmer who used to run a one-star hotel in Madrid. The Germans thought they were all valuable spies embedded in Britain, and all were turned by MI5 and played as double agents.MacIntire does a terrific job with this material. At times you will be amazed at the denseness of the penny pinching British. MI5's refusal to bring a small dog into the country for a valuable double agent because such an action would violate the quarantine laws is a decision that will leave the reader gasping! Angry beyond words, the woman almost betrayed the entire operation. At times like that, the spymasters look like devious, miserable little men.This book should be read before AGENT GARBO by Stephen Talty, which expands on the career of Juan Pujol, Agent Garbo, the Spanish chicken-farming genius, giving much more detail of the role he played in orchestrating German confusion. Talty's book is also terrific.Both books wonderful additions to WWII spy literature.
This is Ben Macintyre's last book in what is stated to be his trilogy of WWII non-fiction British spy books (the other two being Operation Mincemeat and Agent ZigZag). Having read them all I would have to say this is his most ambitious and epic in scope although the other books are both well worth your attention. What we have here is the story of how Britain's MI5 controlled every single German spy in England with emphasis on the five most important double agents in operation "Fortitude". In fact MI5 controlled more spies than were actually alive as they created whole fictional networks of German spies. All of this lead to the greatest deception of WWII and perhaps changed history but no doubt saved countless lives during the D-Day landings on Normandy. The rhythm of Macintyre's narrative takes some getting use too as he presents five individual spies and their stories and it takes a while to introduce them , their backgrounds, and both German and British handlers.. But take it in stride because as you become familiar with each individual and their back stories I promise you that the suspense builds and your interest in each individual case and fate increases. The last chapter is a great epilogue that brings each significant character's (spies, MI5 handlers, and Germans) post war lives to light. Just one example: One of the spies, who before the war was a chicken hating Spanish chicken farmer living outside Barcelona, won the Iron Cross from the Germans... AFTER D-Day so total was his act of deception. If I have a complaint about the book... it would be that there is material here for several books (and several movies). But no doubt about it this is a history that is a very entertaining well researched true life story. And a tribute to those who participated in the deception, lies, immorality, friendships, ideology, loyalty, love and survival that ultimately resulted in the success of Operation Fortitude. Your understanding of the D-Day landings will never be complete without learning of a Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter pilot, a bi-sexual Peruvian party girl, a Frenchwoman who cared more for her dog than the mission's success, and of course that chicken farmer who ended up winning the Iron Cross.
Ben Macintyre is the master of spy non-fiction. This is another brilliant, fascinating and dramatic book. I knew that there had been many efforts to deceive the Germans about D-Day but I had not realized how important the role of double agents was--even to the point of Hitler reading reports from one such double agent personally. M15 seems to have been much better at spying that the CIA despite some bad lapses due to Communist infiltrators. This is one of my two favorite Macintyre books, the other being The Spy and the Traitor.
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