Michael Smith
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February 2009
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Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
25 editions
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2006
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Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
25 editions
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1998
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The Debs of Bletchley Park and Other Stories
8 editions
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2015
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The Emperor's Codes
23 editions
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2000
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Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews
20 editions
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1999
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The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
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The Bletchley Park Codebreakers
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9 editions
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2001
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No Man Dies Twice
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The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together
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The Anatomy of a Traitor: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
6 editions
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2017
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"Post WW2 intelligence history is not my speciality and I approached this work with all the general prejudices common to many in the UK, that the "Special Relationship" with the USA is largely a myth put about by desperate British politicians anxious "
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“Cooper was frequently asked to take part in interrogations of pilots. The first time he did this, he and two other interrogators were sat behind a trestle table when the captured Luftwaffe pilot, wearing perfectly pressed Nazi uniform and highly polished jackboots, was marched in and halted in front of them. ‘He clicked his heels together and gave a very smart Nazi salute,’ said Jones. The panel was unprepared for this, none more so than Josh who stood up as smartly, gave the Nazi salute and repeated the prisoner’s ‘Heil Hitler’. Then realising that he had done the wrong thing, he looked in embarassment at his colleagues and sat down with such a speed that he missed his chair and disappeared completely under the table.”
― The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park codebreakers helped win the war
― The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park codebreakers helped win the war
“any country which failed to live up to its international responsibilities and allowed terrorists to use its territory was likely to be a target of US special operations forces. “Those responsibilities include the requirement to stop terrorism within its borders,” O’Connell said. “And if you can’t do that as a sovereign nation, you can expect the United States to have to respond.”
― Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
― Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
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