{"product_id":"the-secret-war-spies-ciphers-and-guerrillas-1939-1945-9780062259288","title":"The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Monumental.\" \u003cem\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCatastrophe: 1914\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret War\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II--intelligence--showing how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced the course of the war and its final outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpies, codes, and guerrillas played unprecedentedly critical roles in the Second World War, exploited by every nation in the struggle to gain secret knowledge of its foes, and to sow havoc behind the fronts. In \u003cem\u003eThe Secret War\u003c\/em\u003e, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and some extraordinary sagas of intelligence and resistance, to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHastings, Max:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMax Hastings is the author of more than twenty books, most recently \u003cem\u003eCatastrophe: 1914\u003c\/em\u003e. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as the editor of Britain's \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e. He has received numerous British Press Awards, including Journalist of the Year in 1982 and Editor of the Year in 1988. He lives outside London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHastings, Max:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSir Max Hastings chronicles Vietnam with the benefit of vivid personal memories: first of reporting in 1967-68 from the United States, where he encountered many of the war's decision-makers including President Lyndon Johnson, then of successive assignments in Indochina for newspapers and BBC TV: he rode a helicopter out of the US Saigon embassy compound during the 1975 final evacuation. He is the author of twenty-six books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, then editor of the \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard. \u003c\/em\u003eHe has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are \u003cem\u003eAll Hell Let Loose\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCatastrophe \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Secret War\u003c\/em\u003e, best-sellers translated around the world. He has two grown-up children, Charlotte and Harry, and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648791613714,"sku":"9780062259288","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ab69bc2c-335e-4bf0-8c22-e732e2509c56.jpg?v=1733248691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-secret-war-spies-ciphers-and-guerrillas-1939-1945-9780062259288","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}