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"An adventure story of monumental proportions."--NBC News
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he incredible World War II narrative of the hero whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history. (6 X 9, 512 pages, b&w photos)
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Format:Hardcover
I read this book when it was first published, and found it fascinating, possibly because my father served as a censor at Camp X and it gave me new insight into his wartime work. Years passed, and I moved into a seniors` retirement home,and there became a close friend of an amazingly brave lady. She is 95, blind, debilitated by Parkinson`s Disease, and yet her mind is clear and her wit is sharp. She was one of the young women enlisted by Sir William Stephenson to go with him from Toronto to New York City to open and serve in the Canadian Spy Agency. To this day she lives by the pledge to reveal nothing of that experience. But she did confirm that my father`s work at Camp X was an important contribution to the Canadian War Effort and I thank her for that. We have a small library at the retirement home and I bought this recent copy of A Man Called Intrepid so that I could re-read it, and shelve it in our library for others of my generation to savour.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
this is one of the most important books on world war II history i have ever seen. my father was a super bookworm, and a veteran of China-Burma-India Theatre in world war II. served as a pharmacist for a field hospital in india.
he always was reading anything he could find on world war II. and i had a chance to read these books after he did.
A Man Called Intrepid is one of the top 10 books on world war II as it explains so very many things that happened during the war that were mysteries. other histories can tell you what happened: this one tells you why it happened and how it happened. for instance, Rommel was the desert fox due to the Signal Intelligence outfit he had, until the allies pounced on it and eliminated it. after that, he could only react to the allies, not anticipate them.
this book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in world war II and post war history, along with the books on cryptography and code breaking, which is mentioned in this book. it also explains a lot of the post world war II and beginning of the cold war.
this is the only book that covers the intelligence effort so thoroughly. other intelligence type books cover very small segments of the intelligence effort:this one covers it in much more detail from a broader perspective.
any effort to study the history of world war II will be totally incomplete unless you read this book. it explains so very much of the until now unexplainable.
he always was reading anything he could find on world war II. and i had a chance to read these books after he did.
A Man Called Intrepid is one of the top 10 books on world war II as it explains so very many things that happened during the war that were mysteries. other histories can tell you what happened: this one tells you why it happened and how it happened. for instance, Rommel was the desert fox due to the Signal Intelligence outfit he had, until the allies pounced on it and eliminated it. after that, he could only react to the allies, not anticipate them.
this book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in world war II and post war history, along with the books on cryptography and code breaking, which is mentioned in this book. it also explains a lot of the post world war II and beginning of the cold war.
this is the only book that covers the intelligence effort so thoroughly. other intelligence type books cover very small segments of the intelligence effort:this one covers it in much more detail from a broader perspective.
any effort to study the history of world war II will be totally incomplete unless you read this book. it explains so very much of the until now unexplainable.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By fossilhunter
Format:Paperback
The contents of this book is amazing... The book is designed and written in the way it is for the reader to think. To go into detail of any of the many operations mentioned would cost the author more than a life time, also much of the information is still protected by the secrecy act or simply not available. The reader should notice the intention of the information not written, he is called to read between the lines. High concentration is needed to try understand the politics and intricate relationships displayed in this book. I have read this book 16 times and will read it even more. Each time I finish this book I find a little more of a deep message, not from the author but from the man called intrepid, buried within the not so detailed written operations and information. My thoughts and feelings on information and our free world become more unyielding and clear. I can highly recommend this book to people, not looking for entertainment, but education on important matters that have especially been thrown in the light since the 11 September 2001.
I have no ties to the author, this book was recommended to me by a late war vertreran.
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Published on April 23 2004 by Cornelius Moriarty
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Until very recently, my knowlege about WWII was what I had learned in history class in high school. Reshelving books one day at the library, a book caught my attention and I have... Read more
Published on Mar 17 2004 by Gill
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Distorted historical Nonsense
This book has been downgraded to fiction by the publisher.
William Stephenson's fantasies transcribed by his biographer.Of no historical value whatever.
William Stephenson's fantasies transcribed by his biographer.Of no historical value whatever.
Published on Dec 22 2003
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This is a very important subject, but this is an inaccurate unsourced book - a fictionalized version of true events. Read more
Published on Dec 1 2003 by Upthere
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A little choppy in places, but all in all very enjoyable reading. If you liked "Bodyguard of Lies" (Anthony Cave Brown) you'll like this too! Read more
Published on Dec 30 2002 by David M. Sapadin
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Five stars if it was true. One star if it's not true. So I give three stars because no one knows if it's true or not. The history is fabulous and amazing. Read more
Published on Jan 24 2002 by Dash Atey
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Unnecessarily Verbose
As with most Amazon.com reviews, I must be skeptical of anyone who gives this book 5 stars. I can only conclude that they are friends of the publisher or author, because this... Read more
Published on Aug 17 2001
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