Books like Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre

A factual chronicle of British counter‑intelligence through the eyes of a former MI5 officer.

Aline Griffith recounts her recruitment as an American spy, her intensive training, and her covert missions in Spain during World War II.

Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of early days of World War II...It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande an discovers an astonishing sight that will change the momentum of the war. He must get word to England-except that he has no way to get there. He has only an old derelict Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in a ruined church: a plane so decrepit that it is unlikely ever to get off the ground...even if Harald knew how to fly it."Follett...hits the mark again with this dramatic and tragic tale...[He] starts out fast and keeps up the pace." -Publishers Weekly

Unveils how U.S. universities have become gateways for foreign and domestic espionage, detailing how intelligence agencies manipulate academia for recruitment, research, and strategic advantage.

Aimen Dean, a former al‑Qaida chemist who turned spy, reveals the inside world of global jihad and the personal cost of fighting a faith he once defended.

A close look at the CIA, FBI and NSA, their intelligence gathering methods, the technology and people behind them, and where these agencies may be heading next.

A gripping insider’s account of the CIA’s cutting-edge gadgets and operations, based on never-before-seen illustrations.

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A true account of William Stephenson, the WWII superspy code‑named 'Intrepid' by Winston Churchill, who built a British intelligence network that helped secure victory over the Nazis.

"Stealing Secrets, Telling Lies explores how espionage and good intelligence analysis shaped or changed the outcome of many of the major geopolitical events of the twentieth century. The German victory at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914, the entrance of the United States into World War I, the defeat of Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union's faster-than-anticipated development of the atomic bomb were all facilitated by stealing enemy secrets. Espionage and codebreaking have been instrumental in the rise, fall, and preservation of the world powers throughout history. The interception of the Zimmerman Telegram, the deciphering of the German Enigma machine, the Soviet's damaging penetration of the British Foreign Service through the "Cambridge Five" spy ring, and the U.S. counterintelligence coup known as Operation Venona (which remained classified until 1995) are just some of the dramatic episodes detailed here."--BOOK JACKET.

An Underworld at War explores life in Britain’s criminal underworld during World War II, uncovering how soldiers, civilians, and felons navigated the war’s social upheaval.

Examines Allied intelligence and counter-intelligence operations during World War II, describing the cipher machine used to break German codes and the tactics, ruses, and deception employed to ensure the successful invasion of Normandy.

A thriller about a World War II spy network and their desperate efforts to protect their agents from capture or death.

Memoir of a middle-class Dubliner's politicization over the conflict in Northern Ireland, his membership of the Provisional IRA, and his disillusionment with the movement.

Robert Baer's memoir recounts his personal experiences in the CIA, detailing the agency's involvement in covert operations and assassination attempts in the United States and beyond.

When the United States entered World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered the remaining German saboteurs to wreak havoc on the country. The responsibility for carrying this out was given to German Intelligence (Abwehr). In June 1942, eight agents were recruited and divided into two teams: the first, commanded by George John Dasch, with Ernst Peter Burger, Heinrich Heinck and Richard Quirin; the second, under the command of Edward Kerling, with Hermann Neubauer, Werner Thiel and Herbert Haupt. On June 12, 1942, the U-boat U-202 landed Dasch's team with explosives and plans at East Hampton, Long Island, New York.[7] Their mission was to destroy power plants at Niagara Falls and three Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) factories in Illinois, Tennessee and New York. Dasch instead turned himself in to the FBI, providing them with a complete account of the planned mission, which led to the arrest of the entire team. Kerling's team landed from U-584 at Ponte Vedra Beach (25 miles [40 km] south-east of Jacksonville, Florida), on June 17. They were tasked with laying mines in four areas: the Pennsylvania Railroad in Newark, New Jersey, canal sluices in both St. Louis and Cincinnati, and New York City's water supply pipes. The team made their way to Cincinnati, Ohio and split up, with two going to Chicago, Illinois and the others to New York. The Dasch confession led to the arrest of all of the men by July 10. All eight German agents were tried, convicted by the Military Commission, with six men sentenced to death. President Roosevelt approved the sentences. The constitutionality of the military commissions was upheld by the Supreme Court in Ex parte Quirin and the six men were executed by electrocution on August 8. Dasch and Burger were given thirty-year prison sentences. Both were released in 1948 and deported to Germany.[8] Dasch (aka George Davis), who had been a longtime American resident before the war, suffered a difficult life in Germany after his return from U.S. custody because of his cooperation with U.S. authorities. As a condition of his deportation, he was not permitted to return to the United States, even though he spent many years writing letters to prominent American authorities (J. Edgar Hoover, President Eisenhower, etc.) seeking permission to return. He eventually moved to Switzerland and wrote a book, titled **Eight Spies Against America**.