{"product_id":"operation-mincemeat-how-a-dead-man-and-a-bizarre-plan-fooled-the-nazis-and-assured-an-allied-victory","title":"Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references (p. [397]-399) and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPreface -- Chapter 1. The Sardine Spotter -- Chapter 2. Corkscrew Minds -- Chapter 3. Room 13 -- Chapter 4. Target Sicily -- Chapter 5. The Man Who Was -- Chapter 6. A Novel Approach -- Chapter 7. Pam -- Chapter 8. The Butterfly Collector -- Chapter 9. My Dear Alex -- Chapter 10. Table-Tennis Traitor -- Chapter 11. Gold Prospector -- Chapter 12. The Spy Who Baked Cakes -- Chapter 13. Mincemeat Sets Sail -- Chapter 14. Bill's Farewell -- Chapter 15. Dulce et Decorum -- Chapter 16. Spanish Trails -- Chapter 17. Kuhlenthal's Coup -- Chapter 18. Mincemeat Digested -- Chapter 19. Hitler Loses Sleep -- Chapter 20. Seraph and Husky -- Chapter 21. A Nice Cup of Tea -- Chapter 22. Hook, Line, and Sinker -- Chapter 23. Mincemeat Revealed -- Chapter 24. Aftermath -- Postscript to the paperback edition -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer-at-large for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.) and the bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor, A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Agent Zigzag, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eRogue Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Here, finally, is the complete story with its full cast of characters (not a dull one among them), pure cathnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eJoseph Kanon, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining...The cast of characters involved in Mincemeat, as the caper was called, was extraordinary, and Macintyre tells their stories with gusto.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMalcolm Gladwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"OPERATION MINCEMEAT is utterly, to employ a dead word, thrilling. But to call it thus is to miss the point slightly in terms of admiring it properly....What makes OPERATION MINCEMEAT so winning, in addition to Mr. Macintyre's meticulous research and the layers of his historical understanding, is his elegant, jaunty, and very British high style.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Macintyre, whose previous book chronicled the incredible exploits of Eddie Chapman, the crook turned spy known as Zigzag, excels at this sort of twisted narrative....Great fun.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eJennet Conant, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A nearly flawless true-life picaresque...zeroes in on one of the few times in war history when excessive literary imagination, instead of hobbling a clandestine enterprise, worked beyond its authors' wildest dream....Almost inedibly rich with literary truffles--doppelgangers, obsession, transgression, self-fashioning....It is hard to oversate how cinematic this story really was.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eNew Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Another true WWII tale that reads like something by Ian Fleming....the fullest account yet.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"London \n\u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003ewriter-at-large Macintyre offers a solid and entertaining updating of WWII's best-known 'human intelligence' operation....[and] recounts [the] adventures and misadventures with panache.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] edge-of-your-seat history....unveiling previously classified files and even unearthing living witnesses to the grand conspiracy.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This retelling of a well-known part of World War II espionage history will appeal to military history buffs, especially those new to this particular episode, and to readers of adventure fiction, who will find it hard to put down.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A terrific book....Students of the second world war have been familiar with Mincemeat for many years, but Macintyre offers a mass of new detail, and enchanting pen portraits of the British, Spanish and German participants. His book is a rollicking read for all those who enjoy a spy story so fanciful that Ian Fleming--himself an officer in Montagu's wartime department--would never have dared to invent it.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMax Hastings, \u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e[London]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A chillingly good book....Macintyre has taken a well-known story of wartime deception, embellished it, and shown that it was even more ingenious and even more risky than we had all supposed.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating ... The complexities and consequences of the story that Macintyre tells in OPERATION MINCEMEAT are compelling - a tribute to his impressive abilities as a sleuth (ones that we've witnessed in his previous books) and to his capacities as a writer.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Boyd, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e [London]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestseller Author of The Spy and the Traitor and Double Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH - The \"brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining\" (Malcolm Gladwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) true story of the most successful--and certainly the strangest--deception carried out in World War II, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.\"--Joseph Kanon, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNear the end of World War II, two British naval officers came up with a brilliant and slightly mad scheme to mislead the Nazi armies about where the Allies would attack southern Europe. To carry out the plan, they would have to rely on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Macintyre's dazzling, critically acclaimed bestseller chronicles the extraordinary story of what happened after British officials planted this dead body--outfitted in a British military uniform with a briefcase containing false intelligence documents--in Nazi territory, and how this secret mission fooled Hitler into changing military positioning, paving the way for the Allies' drive to victory. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2011 pg. 36 (EAN 9780307453280, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/28\/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9780307453280, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 185 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/12\/2010 pg. 43 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/14\/2010 pg. 79 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/16\/2010 pg. 12 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/23\/2010 pg. 22 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 94 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/05\/2010 pg. 30 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 34 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eWilson Nonfiction Catalog\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/11\/2019 (EAN 9780307453273, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 185 (EAN 9780307735690, Compact Disc)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2010 pg. 78 (EAN 9780307735690, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/30\/2010 pg. 48 (EAN 9780307735690, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e MacIntyre, Ben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2011-04-05\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e History \/ Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts \/ World War II - General|History \/ Modern \/ 20th Century - General|Political Science \/ Intelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Operation Mincemeat|World War, 1939-1945|Secret service|Great Britain|Montagu, Ewen|Deception|History|Atlantic Coast|Campaigns|Italy|Sicily|Sicily (Italy)|History, Military|Atlantic Coast (Spain)|20th century|Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307453280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780307453280\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52425654534425,"sku":"SP-9780307453280","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780307453280_spiral.png?v=1779480411","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/operation-mincemeat-how-a-dead-man-and-a-bizarre-plan-fooled-the-nazis-and-assured-an-allied-victory","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}