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Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran)

The Success of the Allied Secret Services, 1941-45

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Prologue: MI5 in the Middle East

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 1-8
  3. Ratcatchers

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 9-38
  4. Security Threats and Operational Channels

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 39-49
  5. Fifth Columnists

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 50-63
  6. Fierce Tribes and Princely Playboys

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 64-79
  7. Quislings and Ordinary Persians

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 80-94
  8. Strategic Deceivers

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 95-100
  9. Saboteurs and Spooks

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 101-119
  10. Operation PONGO

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 120-131
  11. Secondees from India

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 132-141
  12. Interrogators and Custodians

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 142-152
  13. Ruskies

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 153-169
  14. ‘Operation LONG JUMP’

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 170-194
  15. Yanks

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 195-230
  16. Standing Down

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 231-237
  17. Epilogue: The Need to Know

    • Adrian O’Sullivan
    Pages 238-254
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 255-293

About this book

The sequel to Nazi Secret Warfare , which portrayed the catastrophic failure of Germany's clandestine services in Persia (Iran) during the Second World War. By contrast but based on equally solid archival evidence, this companion volume tells the other side of the same fascinating story, introducing us to spies, spycatchers, and spymasters.

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"Eminently readable. Adrian O'Sullivan is an excellent writer, whose lively and elegant style succeeds in capturing the narrative and the ironies of its twists and turns in a way that is highly entertaining without 'dumbing down'." - Tilman Dedering, University of South Africa

About the author

Adrian O'Sullivan, a former intelligence linguist, has lived and worked in the UK, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. He completed his doctorate in intelligence history and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He now lives and writes in semi-retirement on the west coast of Canada. 

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Buy it now

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eBook USD 99.00
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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