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Changing Enemies
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"Changing Enemies" is actually several books in one: (1) the story of the author's career in military intelligence and policy in the years preceding and during WWII; (2) an overview of the uses of the Enigma machine and its progeny; (3) a critique of the (often misguided) strategems against the National Socialists developed and implemented by the British government and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (who apparently was quite the frequent meddler--and who delivered decidedly mixed results); (4) a valuable evalution of the often strained relationships among the British, American and Russians in Germany; (5) a candid assessment of the failures of the Allies against the National Socialist machine; and (6) a quick overview of the growth of the two Germanies. Whew! All that in 241 pages. Annan is very skilled at clearly portraying policy, strategic and personality conflicts and issues; readers will find this an engaging book. What he doesn't cover with any depth, however, is the book's topic: how the uncomfortable alliance between the U.S. and the Soviet Union rapidly turned into the arms- and espionage-driven Cold War. The author provides just a cursory review of the development of that competition, and some of the reasons why it benefited both parties. And there is also another curious omission; Annan spends just one paragraph of the horrors visited upon the Jews by the Germans (and citizens of their satellite states). In fact, he cavalierly acknowledged that "in intelligence we knew of the gas ovens," but says nothing about why Britain (and the other Allied nations) did so very little to help the Jews, political prisoners and hostages being "liquidated" by the National Socialists. This glaring omission is both disappointing and disheartening.
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ISBN:
9780393039887
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
01/01/1996
Publisher:
W W NORTON & CO
Pages:
xii, 265 p.
Height:
9.53 in.
Width:
6.41 in.
Thickness:
1.10 in.
Number of Units:
1
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Yes
Series Volume:
TN-246
Author:
Noel Annan
Subject:
World War, 19
Subject:
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany.
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Foreign relations
Subject:
Reconstruction
Subject:
Great britain
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Germany
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