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British 'Spy Fever' in the First World War: Fearing the Enemy Within

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An exploration of how British society experienced 'spy fever' during the First World War.

Following the declaration of war in 1914, German spies were sighted across Britain as a potent form of 'spy fever' supposedly gripped the nation. This book questions the extent to which British society was truly terrified of German spies and explores the broader impacts of secret warfare during the early stages of the First World War. Harry Richards analyses the belief that a clandestine network of sp...