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Book Reviews

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Pages 251-267 | Published online: 02 Jan 2008
 

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David Stafford, Churchill and Secret Service (London: John Murray, 1997). Pp.386, 23 illus., biblio., index. £26. ISBN 0–7195–5407–1.

John Whitwell, with an introduction by Wesley K. Wark, British Agent (London and Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass, 1996). Pp.xlii + 224, 3 maps, index. £24.50 (cloth); £13.50 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4730–6 and ‐4280–0.

Sir Arthur de la Mare, KCMG, KCVO, Perverse and Foolish, A Jersey Farmer's Son in the British Diplomatic Service (La Haule Books Limited, Jersey, 1994, limited edition of 750). £20. ISBN 0–86120–046–2.

Thomas A. Marks, Counterrevolution in China: Wang Sheng and the Kuomintang (London and Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass, 1998). Pp.ix + 357, 30 illus., 8 maps, 6 figures, biblio., index. £42.50/$59.50 (cloth); £19.50/$24.50 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4700–4 and ‐4238‐X.

Antony Best, Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbor, Avoiding War in East Asia (London: Routledge, 1995). Pp.260, 3 maps, biblio., index. £40. ISBN 0–415–11171–4.

David Rooney, Mad Mike: A Life of Michael Calvert (Leo Cooper, 1997). Pp.viii + 211, 12 maps, 14 illus., index. £19.95. ISBN 0–85052–543–8.

Robert Louis Benson, A History of U.S. Communications Intelligence during World War II: Policy and Administration (United States Cryptographic History, Series IV, World War II, Volume 8) (Fort Meade, Maryland: 1997).

David Kahn, The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing (New York: Scribners, 1996, new edition). Pp.1181, illus., biblio., index. $65. ISBN 0–684–83130–9.

Gordon Welchman, The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes (Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire: M&M Baldwin 1997, revised edition). Pp. xiv + 263. 23 illus. and figs., biblio., index. £8.50 plus £1.25 post and packing. ISBN 0–947712–34–8.

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