Operation Mincemeat - Ben Macintyre

Operation Mincemeat

By Ben Macintyre

  • Release Date: 2010-05-04
  • Genre: History
Score: 4
4
From 125 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH • The “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest—deception carried out in World War II, from the acclaimed author of The Spy and the Traitor

“Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.”—Joseph Kanon, The Washington Post Book World


Near the end of World War II, two British naval officers came up with a brilliant and slightly mad scheme to mislead the Nazi armies about where the Allies would attack southern Europe. To carry out the plan, they would have to rely on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.

Ben Macintyre’s dazzling, critically acclaimed bestseller chronicles the extraordinary story of what happened after British officials planted this dead body—outfitted in a British military uniform with a briefcase containing false intelligence documents—in Nazi territory, and how this secret mission fooled Hitler into changing military positioning, paving the way for the Allies’ drive to victory.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES

Reviews

  • Consistently entertaining.

    5
    By tonybullock
    This is the 3rd McIntyre book I’ve read, and I’ve enjoyed them all very much.
  • Heroes forgotten

    5
    By elt223
    Awesome story, what can be accomplished with imagination.
  • Terrific

    5
    By Fpiano
    Very enjoyable. Has the facts and fun to read. A great story told well.
  • The intrigue of war

    5
    By Gmorris412
    The descriptions and details of this story are fabulous. I loved it from start to finish.

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