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Covert Warfare: Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Military Deception During the World War II Era is an eighteen volume book edited by John Mendelsohn and published in 1989 by Garland. The series contains sanitized versions of selected previously classified documents from the National Archives record groups.

Volumes

  1. Mulligan, Timothy (March 1989). Ultra, Magic, and the Allies. introduction by Timothy Mulligan. ISBN   978-0-8240-7950-5.
  2. The spy factory and secret intelligence. introduction by Bradley F. Smith. March 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7951-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Smith, Bradley F. (March 1989). OSS Jedburgh teams, 1. introduction by Bradley F. Smith. ISBN   978-0-8240-7952-9.
  4. OSS Jedburgh teams, 2. introduction by Bradley F. Smith. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7953-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Other OSS teams. introduction by Bradley F. Smith. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7954-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Mendelsohn, John (March 1989). German Radio Intelligence and the Soldatensender. ISBN   978-0-8240-7955-0.
  7. The case of Richard Sorge. introduction by Bryan T. Van Sweringen. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7956-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. The OSS-NKVD relationship, 1943 - 1945. introduction by J. Dane Hartgrove. March 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7957-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. Scientific and technical intelligence gathering. introduction by George C. Chalou. ISBN   978-0-8240-7958-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Mendelsohn, John (1989). Covert war in Latin America. introduction by Sally McCarthy Marks. ISBN   978-0-8240-7959-8.
  11. The History of the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC). ISBN   978-0-8240-7960-4.
  12. Chalou, George C. (1989). The Counter Intelligence Corps in action. introduction by George C. Chalou. ISBN   978-0-8240-7961-1.
  13. Kahn, David (March 1989). The final solution of the Abwehr. ISBN   978-0-8240-7962-8.
  14. A man called A. H.. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7963-5.
  15. Basic deception and the Normandy invasion. introduction by Harold C. Deutsch. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7964-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. From Normandy into the Reich. introduction by Edwin R. Coffee. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7965-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. The German view of cover and deception. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7966-6.
  18. Cover and deception by the Royal Air Force in World War II. introduction by Robin E. Cookson. 1989. ISBN   978-0-8240-7967-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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