{"product_id":"9780007574209","title":"The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Authoritative, exciting and notably well written’ Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A serious work of rigourous and comprehensive history … royally entertaining and readable’ Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ‘The Secret War’, Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War II, and the impact of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations on events. Written on a global scale, the book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war waged unceasingly by men and women often far from the battlefields but whose actions profoundly influenced the outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to the Second World War for the first time since his best-selling ‘All Hell Let Loose’, Hastings weaves into a ‘big picture’ framework, the human stories of spies and intelligence officers who served their respective masters. Told through a series of snapshots of key moments, the book looks closely at Soviet espionage operations which dwarfed those of every other belligerent in scale, as well as the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park – the greatest intelligence achievement of the conflict – with many more surprising and unfamiliar tales of treachery, deception, betrayal and incompetence by spies of Axis, Allied or indeterminate loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Secret War, Max Hastings, a top author in the military genre, intricately weaves the tales of espionage and intelligence that were pivotal in World War II. This Sunday Times bestselling book is a testament to his prowess as a storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Al Murray (Arnhem), Stephen Fisher (Sword Beach), Damien Lewis (SAS Daggers Drawn), Antony Beevor (D-Day), and Peter Caddick-Adams (Monte Cassino).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Max Hastings, Read by Steven Crossley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889029730453,"sku":"9780007574209","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007574209_9cc4a644-36c3-4fde-82c8-f5efd38a21d7.jpg?v=1776888320","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007574209","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}