Stevenson, William, — A MAN CALLED INTREPID - The Secret War 1939-1945.

Sphere Books, London, 1980, 7th imp., paperback, xxxii, 541pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [iii] ads., decorated wrappers, one of the most closely guarded WW2 organisations was 'British Security Coordination', headed by William Stephenson (Intrepid), an umbrella intelligence organisation instigated by Churchill in 1940 to co-ordinate and moderate the political consequences between Britain and USA of British espionage and intelligence gathering, this book relates many of the intelligence, counter-espionage and clandestine operations that took place 1939-1945, this title is included in Nigel West's book 'Counterfeit Spies' about books of doubtful veracity, vertical crease in slightly rolled spine, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, faint stamp on half title, good,