Female Secret Agents (eBook)

Douglas Boyd (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6953-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Forget the adventure stories of James Bond, Kim Philby, Klaus Fuchs and co. - espionage is not just a boys' game. As long as there has been conflict, there have been female agents behind the scenes. In Belgium and northern France in 1914-18 there were several thousand women actively working against the Kaiser's forces occupying their homelands. In the Second World War, women of many nations opposed the Nazis, risking the firing squad or decapitation by axe or guillotine. Yet, many of those women did not have the right to vote for a government or even open a bank account. So why did they do it?Female Secret Agents explores the lives and the motivations of the women of many races and social classes who have risked their lives as secret agents, and celebrates their intelligence, strength and courage.

Autor

DOUGLAS BOYD was trained as a Russian language snooper on Warsaw Pact air forces, based at a secret RAF SIGINT base in Berlin. He first put his lifelong fascination with history to professional use when scripting and directing historical reconstructions as a BBC Television producer in Manchester. For the past three decades, he has been writing full-time at his home in south-west France. This is his tenth history published by The History Press.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.10.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Civil War • Cold War • double agents • Espionage • Female Secret Agents in World Wars Cold Wars and Civil Wars • secret agents • Spies • Spy • spying • Women in History • women in history, secret agents, World War, Cold War, Civil War, spies, spying, espionage, women's history • women in history, women in war, secret agents, World War, Cold War, Civil War, spies, spying, espionage, women's history, Female Secret Agents in World Wars Cold Wars and Civil Wars, double agents, spy • women in war • Women's history • World War
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6953-9 / 0750969539
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6953-6 / 9780750969536