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“Levine’s compelling portrait of the Troubles and subsequent peace process is the sort of book that should be thrust into the hands of a minister arriving in Northern Ireland who needs to get a handle on how things have reached this point and where they might be heading next.” Sunday Times
“Joshua Levine has a natural gift for narrative description. This superb book, based on a wide range of interviews, not only gives a clear explanation of how the peace process developed but also serves as a grisly reminder of the tribal violence, bigotry and hatred that so badly scarred Northern Ireland.” Daily Express
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“Joshua Levine has a natural gift for narrative description. This superb book, based on a wide range of interviews, not only gives a clear explanation of how the peace process developed but also serves as a grisly reminder of the tribal violence, bigotry and hatred that so badly scarred Northern Ireland.” Daily Express
Beauty and Atrocity was shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild Non Fiction Book of the 2010
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Reviews for previous titles! 'A vivid, moving story of the men who fought the Great War in the Air. Quite superb.' Max Arthur 'Those magnificent men in their flying machines recount in their own words just how mad and magnificent it was to be an air-ace in World War One. Joshua Levine's compilation is enthralling and breathtaking'. Chris Powling, Classic FM Guestlist 'This is a superior example of the genre from a writer at the top of his game.' Air Marshal Stuart Peach
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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A thoroughly entertaining book on a subject which, like the 'Ultra' secret of the breaking of the German 'enigma' code, was kept under wraps for many years after the war. The deception carried out on the Germans to make them believe that the main assault on N.W. Europe would not be in Normandy but at the Pas de Calais was an overwhelming success and Joshua Levine tells the story admirably. There are other, more detailed, books on the subject, notably Roger Hesketh's 'Fortitude' and Tomas Harris's 'Garbo - The spy who saved D-Day', but being more detailed does not necessarily make a book better. Levine's book is aimed at the general reader and as such makes absorbing reading.
The D-Day deception itself is not dealt with until about half way through the book. The opening chapters are concerned with the Double Cross system, i.e. the capture, 'turning' (and sometimes hanging) of German spies together with the recruitment of foreign volunteers who offer to become double agents. The most famous of these, of course, was the Spaniard Juan Pujol, code named Garbo who, at the end of the war, received medals from both the duped Germans and the grateful British (the Iron Cross from the Germans and the MBE from the British). It was years before the Germans found out how they had been conned.
Levine's book is an enjoyable and well-researched read for anyone interested in this fascinating subject. Highly recommended.
The D-Day deception itself is not dealt with until about half way through the book. The opening chapters are concerned with the Double Cross system, i.e. the capture, 'turning' (and sometimes hanging) of German spies together with the recruitment of foreign volunteers who offer to become double agents. The most famous of these, of course, was the Spaniard Juan Pujol, code named Garbo who, at the end of the war, received medals from both the duped Germans and the grateful British (the Iron Cross from the Germans and the MBE from the British). It was years before the Germans found out how they had been conned.
Levine's book is an enjoyable and well-researched read for anyone interested in this fascinating subject. Highly recommended.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This excellent book gives a new angle on the planning and operations before D-Day. Detailing the deception plan developed to confuse the Germans about where the Allied landing was going to take place and how strong it would be, the author carefully pieces together this complicated and fascinating story in a well written and gripping narrative. So much of this operation was reliant on the use of double agents, German spies who had been "turned" by the British security services, and a great deal of the book is given over to describing how this came about - starting with the early years of the war and the development of these agents, with their particular strengths and foibles, before going on to show how they managed to put across the false information that kept the German armoured divisions pinned down in the wrong locations and gave the Allies a chance for victory in Normandy. It then details the complex planning that went into the D-Day landings and deception plan before revealing how it all turned out - along with the many scares and slip ups along the way. This fascinating new look at D-Day is highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
for anyone who enjoyed operation mincemeat by macintyre then this is a book for you. it is written in a very similar style and cover many of the same themes if in fact covering 1944 instead of 1943 objectives. its basically the story of the double cross system. using double agents to convince the Germans the invasion will come where they think it will...Calais. for such a small book I thought it would be thin on information but it holds its own, and delivers the material in an interesting way. my only qualms are it seemed to be rushed at the end and knowing that so much has been written on this I cant help but feel there has to be large swathes not included that might have been essential. however great starting place for anyone just looking to breeze through the subject of strategic deception.
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Very good book
Most people who've read about WW2 know that Hitler held back a large part of his army during D-Day and the weeks after because he feared an attack on Calais. Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. Haywood
Surprisingly little on Operation Fortitude
This is a 300 page read, but you get to page 180 before it starts going into operation Fortitude itself. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Masterkipper
Good but might have been better?
I confess to being a little disappointed as only the latter half of the book specifically details the events close to and surrounding the D Day deception. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Roy
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