The Unseen War in Europe: Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War

 

Victory in World War II depended heavily on Allied successes in espionage and conspiracy. Although individual episodes of intelligence acitvity have been documented, there is no comprehensive account of this vital aspect of the conflict. John Waller has personal experience of espionage, and this work includes new material from recently released documents. In the process the author sheds new light on the ambivalent attitude of Admiral Canaris (head of German Military Intelligence) to Hitler, as well as on the role of Pope Pius XII as the contact point between the German Resistance and the British.

 

John Waller served with the OSS in London and the Middle East during the Second World War and later became inspector general of the CIA. He draws on first-hand experience as well as in-depth research to provide an account of espionage and conspiracy during the war, from pre-war intelligence failures and their consequences at Munich to the German surrender in Italy, April 1945. Waller focuses in particular on the German resistance and gives a full account of the role of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

 

John H Waller

Hardcover 475pp

Book Code:  EX0659