RETOUR A MOSCOU Antoine ALEA

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Après « Le Quai ne répond plus », Antoine Aléa publie son deuxième roman « Retour à Moscou ». Passionnés de romans d’espionnage… à consommer sans modération !

Les vacances d’été se profilent à l’horizon, il est déjà temps de commencer votre playlist de livres à emporter !

Laissez-vous entrainer dans un monde énigmatique, celui de l’ombre, de la manipulation et de la trahison… « Retour à Moscou », une histoire presque irréelle qui se déroule au coeur de la Russie et sur la côte Est des Etats Unis, laissant présager une suite énigmatique.

Suivez le diplomate Anton Vermot, entre fuite éperdue, traque des services secrets, et meurtres en série.

L’auteur : Fin connaisseur de la diplomatie et spécialiste des relations internationales, l’auteur a parcouru le monde pendant de très nombreuses années. « Retour à Moscou » devrait être suivi, d’ici la fin de l’année 2018, par un troisième volet des aventures d’Anton Vermot.

Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010

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by Nicholas van der Bijl (Author)

This ground breaking book examines the colorful history of the Intelligence Corps from its formation in 1940 up to the present day. Even accepting that there are aspects of the Corps activities that cannot be revealed, there is a great wealth of fascinating material here for those interested in intelligence gathering. During WW2 over 400 members served with SOE, Field Security Sections carried out counterintelligence tasks at home and overseas, liaising with foreign services where appropriate. Intelligence gathering for commanders at all levels has been a key role using Sigint, human sources, interrogation and other covert ops. The Corps captured many key German and Japanese war criminals.

During the Cold War, Intelligence Sections were a vital part of all HQs above Brigade level and worked regularly with the SAS, SBS, RM Commandos, GCHQ and M15.

Air photography working in close cooperation with the RAF is a vital source of intelligence and plays a crucial role in Afghanistan using satellite and drone imagery, a far cry from the days of balloons.

This officially supported history reveals much fascinating material about the activities of this highly specialist and often top-secret Corps. It will be mandatory reading for intelligence experts and enthusiasts.

The Bletchley Girls: War, secrecy, love and loss: the women of Bletchley Park tell their story

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par Tessa Dunlop (Auteur)

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‘Lively…in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women’s own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service’ New Statesman

‘Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives her book an immediacy and intimacy.’ Daily Mail

‘An in-depth picture of life in Britain’s wartime intelligence centre…The result is fascinating, and is made all the more touching by the developing friendships between Dunlop and her interviewees.’ Financial Times

The Bletchley Girls weaves together the lives of fifteen women who were all selected to work in Britain’s most secret organization – Bletchley Park. It is their story, told in their voices; Tessa met and talked to 15 veterans, often visiting them several times. Firm friendships were made as their epic journey unfolded on paper.

The scale of female involvement in Britain during the Second World War wasn’t matched in any other country. From 8 million working women just over 7000 were hand-picked to work at Bletchley Park and its outstations. There had always been girls at the Park but soon they outnumbered the men three to one.

A refugee from Belgium, a Scottish debutante, a Jewish 14-year-old, and a factory worker from Northamptonshire – the Bletchley Girls confound stereotypes. But they all have one common bond, the war and their highly confidential part in it. In the middle of the night, hunched over meaningless pieces of paper, tending mind-blowing machines, sitting listening for hours on end, theirs was invariably confusing, monotonous and meticulous work, about which they could not breathe a word.

By meeting and talking to these fascinating female secret-keepers who are still alive today, Tessa Dunlop captures their extraordinary journeys into an adult world of war, secrecy, love and loss. Through the voices of the women themselves, this is a portrait of life at Bletchley Park beyond the celebrated code-breakers, it’s the story of the girls behind Britain’s ability to consistently out-smart the enemy, and an insight into the women they have become.