Spy and Counterspy: A History of Secret Agents and Double Agents from the Second World War to the Cold War

The shadowy world of supposedly legalized spying has an enduring fascination for us all. Spy and Counterspy reveals for the first time the web of spies that spanned the globe during and after the Second World War, working for organisations like MI5 & MI6, the CIA & OSS, Soviet Smersh & NKVD, Japanese Tokko and the German Gestapo. These men and women lived extraordinary lives, always on the edge of exposure and the risk of death. Many of them were so in love with the Great Game of espionage that they betrayed their countries and acted as double and sometimes even triple agents in a complex deception that threatened the very grasp of power in government. Their war in the shadows remained unrecognized until today. Spy and Counter-Spy is the final volume in a trilogy that covers the most fascinating examples of clandestien warfare during the Second World War, and the methods and technology employed. It explores Soviet espionage in Britain and the United States that began during the war and continued into the Cold War that followed it. Spy and Counter-Spy not only relates outstanding incidents of spying, both amateur and professional, but the counter-measures that were employed by governments to defeat those involved in espionage. It also shows how a few agents weaving a web of intrigue and deception