Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

by Helen Fry

Book Overview

A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century

From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300260776
• ISBN13: 9780300260779
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"