Beschreibung:
This unique book, based on full access to official records, exposes for the very first time the mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War.
1. Ancestral Voices 2. Prophesying War: The Western Front, 1914-1917 3. Major Morton of SIS, 1919-1922 4. The Occult Octopus, 1923-1926 5. 'God Save the King and his Agents Provocateurs': 1926-1929 6. Loose Ends: 1929-1931 7. The Beginnings of Industrial Intelligence, 1927-1931 8. 'A Gentlemanly Form of Spying': The Industrial Intelligence Centre, 1931-37 9. Planning for War with Germany: 1938-39 10. The Fireproof Curtain: 3rd September 1939-15 May 1940 11. Cuckoo in the Nest: Downing Street, May 1940-July 1945 12. Intelligence Liaison, May 1940-July 1945 13. Treasury Troubleshooter, 1946-53 14. Energetically Awaiting Death (1953-71)