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Beyond Top Secret Ultra
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192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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September 17, 2017
Great read
Montagu is best know for his role in "Operation Mincemeat," a story he told in his book "The Man Who Never Was." This memoir mentions that but discusses in more general terms his part in hoodwinking Germany's intelligence services using double agents. Coupled with "Ultra" and the ability to read German ciphers the British pulled the wool over their eyes for years. Montagu had a front row seat in this and tells his story with humor and candor.
Montagu is best know for his role in "Operation Mincemeat," a story he told in his book "The Man Who Never Was." This memoir mentions that but discusses in more general terms his part in hoodwinking Germany's intelligence services using double agents. Coupled with "Ultra" and the ability to read German ciphers the British pulled the wool over their eyes for years. Montagu had a front row seat in this and tells his story with humor and candor.
January 11, 2018
Lieutenant-Commander Montagu is best known for devising one off the most ingenious descriptions of the Second World War. "The Man Who Never Was",a corpse carrying supposedly secret papers washed ashore in Spain and fooled the Germans ahead of the allied invasion of Sicily. Montagu was the key man in British naval intelligence linking deception operations, codebreaking and double agents. He provides a personal and readable account of the War as he saw it.
June 18, 2018
An absolutely fascinating Book
A book has to be awesome to get five stars from me. The subject matter is very interesting. Anybody who has an interest in ww2 or spies needs to read this. It is well written and I love that it is factual.
A book has to be awesome to get five stars from me. The subject matter is very interesting. Anybody who has an interest in ww2 or spies needs to read this. It is well written and I love that it is factual.
October 12, 2018
Outstanding.
Montague gives a vivid inside look at the running of double agents during WWII, based on his personal, high level experience . The accounts are incredible.
experiences
Montague gives a vivid inside look at the running of double agents during WWII, based on his personal, high level experience . The accounts are incredible.
experiences
November 1, 2018
Interesting
A potentially captivating read spoiled by bad writing and confusing syntax.
He could have done better to have had his experiences recounted by a good ghost writer. It would have been a kind of poetic justice given that deception was the subject matter.
A potentially captivating read spoiled by bad writing and confusing syntax.
He could have done better to have had his experiences recounted by a good ghost writer. It would have been a kind of poetic justice given that deception was the subject matter.
March 28, 2022
This is a thoroughly charming memoir of the war time experiences of a British Naval Intelligence officer best known for his central role in 'Operation Mincemeat' whereby the Germans were misled as regards Allied intentions in North Africa and Sicily. Readable, often amusing.
June 1, 2016
“Beyond Top Secret U” eBook was published in 2016 (originally published in paper in 1977) and was written by Ewen Montagu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewen_Mo...). Mr. Montagu published three books.
I received a galley of this novel for review through https://www.netgalley.com. I categorize this novel as ‘G’. This Non-Fiction work covers World War II and describes some of the ‘Ultra Secret’ operations conducted by British Naval Intelligence during World War II.
Tales are included of how the British ran German ‘spies’ sending misleading information to the German high command. He also tells how the Germans were misled as to the accuracy of their bombing and rocket attacks.
I spent 6 hours with this 192 page book. It was interesting, but it was told in a very dry ‘here are the facts’ fashion. I give this novel a 3.8 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.
Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at https://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
I received a galley of this novel for review through https://www.netgalley.com. I categorize this novel as ‘G’. This Non-Fiction work covers World War II and describes some of the ‘Ultra Secret’ operations conducted by British Naval Intelligence during World War II.
Tales are included of how the British ran German ‘spies’ sending misleading information to the German high command. He also tells how the Germans were misled as to the accuracy of their bombing and rocket attacks.
I spent 6 hours with this 192 page book. It was interesting, but it was told in a very dry ‘here are the facts’ fashion. I give this novel a 3.8 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.
Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at https://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
May 31, 2011
Not nearly as interesting as some of the other books I have read on the topic of the breaking of the German code Enigma in WWII and our author, albeit brilliant though he may be, has a bit of an attitude problem that was annoying from time to time.
August 4, 2012
good account on operation mincemeat
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