Historical dictionary of World War II intelligence / Nigel West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Nigel.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence ; no. 7.

Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage--History--Dictionaries.

Military intelligence--History--Dictionaries.

Intelligence service--History--Dictionaries.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--History--Dictionaries.

Intelligence service.

Secret service.

Military intelligence.

Espionage.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2008.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies. In Germany it was the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst; in Britain it was MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE); in the United States it was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); in Japan it was the Kempet'ai; and in Italy the Servicio di Informazione Militare (SIM). Sixty years after

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41639-5

979-82-16-24001-3

0-8108-6421-5

OCLC:

854521526