Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran): The Success of the Allied Secret Services, 1941-45

by Adrian O'Sullivan

Overview

The sequel to Nazi Secret Warfare , which portrayed the catastrophic failure of Germany's clandestine services in Persia (Iran) during the Second World War. By contrast but based on equally solid archival evidence, this companion volume tells the other side of the same fascinating story, introducing us to spies, spycatchers, and spymasters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349559909
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	293
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adrian O'Sullivan, a former intelligence linguist, has lived and worked in the UK, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. He completed his doctorate in intelligence history and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He now lives and writes in semi-retirement on the west coast of Canada.

Table of Contents

Prologue: MI5 in the Middle East
1. Ratcatchers
2. Security Threats and Operational Channels
3. Fifth Columnists
4. Fierce Tribes and Princely Playboys
5. Quislings and Ordinary Persians
6. Strategic Deceivers
7. Saboteurs and Spooks
8. Operation PONGO
9. Secondees from India
10. Interrogators and Custodians
11. Ruskies
12. 'Operation LONG JUMP'
13. Yanks
14. Standing Down
Epilogue: The Need to Know

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From the Publisher

"Eminently readable. Adrian O'Sullivan is an excellent writer, whose lively and elegant style succeeds in capturing the narrative and the ironies of its twists and turns in a way that is highly entertaining without 'dumbing down'." - Tilman Dedering, University of South Africa

Editorial Reviews

"Eminently readable. Adrian O'Sullivan is an excellent writer, whose lively and elegant style succeeds in capturing the narrative and the ironies of its twists and turns in a way that is highly entertaining without 'dumbing down'." - Tilman Dedering, University of South Africa

From the Publisher