secret service

"The incredible World War II saga of the Jewish refugees who fought in Britain's most secretive special-forces unit--but whose story has gone untold until now"--Provided by the publisher.

Chronicles seventy covert operations and insidious plots that took place during World War II and discusses how they affected the outcome of the war.

"Explore how technology and tactics not only shaped the Vietnam War, but changed the ethics of American surveillance from then until the present day"--Amazon.

"Kate Rees, the young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris on the dangerous business of trying to assassinate the Fuhrer. A country girl from rural Oregon--a grieving widow with no spy training but a vendetta and a lot of gumption--now has the state of the entire war in her hands. When the hit goes badly wrong, Kate is on the run for her life--all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Noor Inayat Khan, the daughter of an Indian mystic living in France who would become a secret agent for the British in occupied France during World War II.

"Seven Allied spies of World War II who fooled the Nazis are profiled in this books including a Sufi princess, a major league baseball player, a magician, and others"--Provided by publisher.

"Sarah Goldstein--Jewish orphan turned secret weapon in the resistance against the Nazis--is hunting down a rogue German doctor whose germ warfare experiment could kill thousands with a single syringe. But her journey through Central Africa reveals the ravages of colonialism and exposes darker truths about her own allies than Sarah could've ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the stories of six female spies from World War II, including singer Josephine Baker, who smuggled military secrets on her sheet music; model and countess Aline Griffith; and the dangerously effective Limping Lady, Virginia Hall.

"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to 'set Europe ablaze.' But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women"--Provided by publisher.

This text explores the code talkers and beyond to paint a vivid picture of how cryptography and spy technology shaped the conflict.