Into the Lion's Mouth
The True Story of Dusko Popov
New York : Berkley Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
A biography of Dusko Popov, who, as "an operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II ... seduced countless women--including agents on both sides--spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslav diplomat"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Forging the anvil -- Exiting feet first -- Spying for Hitler, killing for Churchill -- Magic -- The bee hive -- Too many devices -- Passion and addiction -- Death in the afternoon -- "He's not dead" -- Taranto and the target -- Casino Estoril -- Pearl Harbor warning -- Cover-up -- I'll kill her -- Butterflies and carnage -- Blown -- Incomplete canvas -- The art of the silent kill -- "Turn around slowly" -- Ticking -- Five lives -- Shots rang out -- Truth serum -- AUF -- D-Day -- Naked and shaved -- Ulla -- Partisan politics -- Johnny.
Subjects:
Popov, Dusko.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
Espionage -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Popov, Dusko.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
Espionage -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780425281819
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Popov, Dusko | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-349) and index.