About this title: This text provides an insider account of the counter-intelligence operation (Operation Mincemeat) which paved the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. It outlines the audacious and innovative plot to outwit the Germans by washing up a dead body on Spanish shores complete with apparently confidential information concealed ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. Cover edges/corners lightly worn; cover soiling & foxing. Prev. owner's name penned upper right corner front cover & inside front cover. Inside covers foxed. Top outer pg. edges sun faded & spotted on fore edge. Interior pgs. tanned & foxed. Text clean--no marks, no creases. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services, New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good paperback with some overall wear and soiling. covers show some light rubbing and edges have some edge wear. pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. -1st Printing--152 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. read more
"True spy stuff from World War II. British intellegence got ahold of a corpse, dressed it up like an officer, and provided a ton of fake background on him (girlfriend letters, theatre ticket stubs) and floated him off the coast of Spain so the Germans would get him. The point to this was the corpse was also loaded up with fake invasion plans designed to throw off the German response to the invasion of Sicily. It worked perfectly. It was disgustingly called Operation Mincemeat. Great little read."
"I saw this one at the used book store and the first few paragraphs sounded interesting. I just found out it's one of the original 1953 publishing...sort of cool. It's sat on my shelf for over a year, but finally I picked it up. When a book starts off with "But where could we find a body?", you know it's going to be great.
This one doesn't disappoint. The book follows a little known bit of espionage during the Mediterranean campaign of WWII. Essentially, the Brits float a body ashore to Spain, knowing that the Germans will get it and, more importantly, the letters he's carrying which are rife with misdirection. Seems like a simple plan, but it proves to be much more difficult than originally imagined.
It's a fascinating book told by the very man who thought up the plot and saw it through. Although I'd never heard the story, it actually played a real part in the events of the war. For the few hours it will take to read, it's worth every minute and more. I was sorry when it came to an end."
"Montagu has a tale to tell -- and tells it wonderfully. The absolutely fascinating story is allowed to unfold almost novel-like. A wonderful book, telling a wonderfully interesting story."
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