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  • Hidden Weapons

    Allied Secret or Undercover Services in World War II

    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    In his Foreword, Professor Jones writes 'Mr Collier takes the opportunity to review the contributions of all forms of Intelligence, and the use and misuse that was made of them, in all the major phases of World War II. His task has required very wide reading of the great volume of original documents and derivative literature now available, and I admire the judgement that is evident throughout the ... Read more

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  • Most Secret War

    by R.V. Jones ...
    Series series Penguin World War II Collection
    Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius.And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the 'battle ... Read more

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  • The Last Tsar

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    Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization

    'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday TimesIslamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the ... Read more

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  • Cleopatra

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