A Most Enigmatic War: R.V. Jones and the Genesis of British Scientific Intelligence 1939-45

The history of scientific intelligence – its birth, its importance during the Second World War and its unique wartime qualities – has relied almost entirely on the memories of its pioneer, R.V. Jones. Through scrutiny of Jones’ postwar literature (especially his war memoirs, entitled Most Secret War; his archival papers — as well as those of his colleagues and contemporaries — and other mediums he used to promote his account of scientific intelligence), this groundbreaking book constitutes ...