Robin Denniston Churchill's Secret War (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Churchill's Secret WarCondition: NewEAN: 9780752452364ISBN: 9780752452364Publisher: The History Press LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/21/2009Item Height: 200mmItem Length: 120mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 250gAuthor: Robin DennistonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey 1942-44Description: The key part played by Winston Churchill in shaping the course of the Second World War is still of great interest to historians worldwide. In the course of his research, Robin Denniston has uncovered previously unknown files of diplomatic intercepts which show that Churchill's role in British foreign policy and war planning was far more signficant than has hitherto been supposed. Although neither a commander-in-chief nor a head of state, he personally exerted considerable influence on British foreign policy to force Turkey into the Second World War on the side of the Allies. This ground-breaking book explores Churchill's use of secret signals intelligence before and during the Second World War and also sheds fresh light on Britain's relations with Turkey - a subject which has not received the attention it deserves. The book examines a little-known plan to open a second front in the Balkans, from Turkey across the eastern Mediterranean, designed to hasten D-Day in the west, and reveals new information on the 1943 Cicero spy scandal - the biggest Foreign Office security lapse until the Burgess and Maclean affair some twenty years later.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryTopic: Military HistoryRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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