Female Intelligence : Women and Espionage in the First World War / Tammy M. Proctor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proctor, Tammy M., 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women spies--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women spies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Germans invaded her small Belgian village in 1914, Marthe Cnockaert's home was burned and her family separated. After getting a job at a German hospital, and winning the Iron Cross for her service to the Reich, she was approached by a neighbor and invited to become an intelligence agent for the British. Not without trepidation, Cnockaert embarked on a career as a spy, providing information and engaging in sabotage before her capture and imprisonment in 1916. After the war, she was paid and decorated by a grateful British government for her service. Cnockaert's is only one of the sur

Contents:

""Cover page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Timeline""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Intelligence before the Great War""; ""2 DORA�s Women and the Enemy within Britain""; ""3 Women behind the Scenes""; ""4 Soldiers without Uniforms""; ""5 Spies Who Knew How to Die""; ""6 Intimate Traffic with the Enemy""; ""Conclusion: “Perpetual Concubinage to Your King and Country�""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814771457

0814771459

OCLC:

913695027