Counterfeit Spies - How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction

This book explores the fascinating influence of intelligence work during World War II on spy fiction, as well as the important roles many spy novelists played during the war and the sustained influence of spy fiction on intelligence operations after World War II and during the Cold War.

About the author

Oliver Buckton is professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900: The Changing Enemy and The World Is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Buckton
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781538183687
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8368-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; military history, Ireland, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military intelligence, Literature: history and criticism, HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater