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A man called Intrepid: The secret war
by William Stevenson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1977)
ISBN: B0006WHHHQ
Unknown Binding: 541 pages
SKU: 40163
Condition: New
Comments: Harcourt, 1976. 1ST EDITION. WITH GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS! HARDBACK W/GILT LETTERING, DUST COVER AND PAGES ARE NEW. RAPID SHIPPING w/Free tracking number. AIR MAIL.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A true story of espionage.
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Customer Reviews
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An Extremely Important Book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-22
Battlefield and sea wars cannot be won without decisive intelligence and covert action within enemy territory. Some of the greatest danger is from within. This true history centers on William Stephenson (INTREPID)who established a cooperative British/US world wide intelligence network to fight the Axis Powers of World War II. Secret by necessity and thus little known, the average citizen is unaware of this massive and successful effort. Our future should be guided by knowledge of this history. Very well written.
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Intrepid is a fascinating. Read it twice back to back.
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-22
A little confusing in the beginning due to author and Intrepid's name being very similar but I got the hang of it and then captivated by the end. So much so, that I immediately started reading it again. Funny, the man who recommended it to me did the exact same thing I found out afterwards. We had to go back and take in all the detail to make sure we didn't miss anything.
I marveled at the things I was unaware of due to the "popular" versions of WWII events that have been published for years. Amazing how propaganda and misinformation can influence us so much. A must read for anyone interested in WW II. Excellent insights into Roosevelt and Churchill and the those behind the scenes who could never get credit for changing/influencing history.
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An Interesting Read
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-22
If you want to know what led up to WWII, this is the book for you. Fascinating little known historic facts and behind the scene events.
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A splendid and not difficult read
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-12
I read that Valerie Plame had read this book and that it made a difference in her choice of careers, and was curious about a book that could have such an impact. I found it fascinating and an easy read, and have to compare some of the reviews to the famed contemporary critic of Mozart who complained there were too many notes. This book explained so much that I have been looking for in trying to grasp the big picture of WWII. I was left feeling immense gratitude for the people who gave so much for the cause of freedom.
The person who posted a review in January 2007 seems to be mistaken in stating "Stephenson (who was the agent Intrepid, not the author of the book)... claims that President Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance - a debatable claim..." while the book itself (Chapter 23) describes in a footnote certain documents that "led to the false accusations that President Roosevelt knew beforehand abou the planned Japanese attack." I could not find the claim attributed to Stephenson in the book-did I miss it?
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amazing
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-09-11
What a great and interesting unknown ( to many of us ) part of WW2.
I fascinated by the BSE story, and the fact of being headquartered in New York. This is a must for the history or intelligence student. What a creative and intelligent mind, Sir William from being a canadian teen, WW1 trench fighter, WW1 fighter pilot, becoming a millionaire in the 20's and did not hesitate to use his life and fortune to fight evil, nazi Germany and comunist Russia.
His creation, the British Security Coordination, led to the CIA and one of his staff members, a Royal Navy officer named Ian Fleming, wrote all the scripts for James Bond 007. The beautyful female agents in 007 can be traced back to Cynthia, code name for a super sexy BSE agent.
Just read the book, I enjoyed page by page, and paid my respect to the Room 3603 at the Rockfeller Center, the former headquarter of BSE and Sir William.
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