Foot'Ralph Bennett's mastery of narrative and clarity of analysis are such that we can safely signal a new benchmark in intelligence books.' David Linton'Bennett has done more than anyone else to throw light on the impact of Ultra on command decisions.
When war began, Britain was as ill-prepared in intelligence as in armaments. Scientists had discovered the principle of radar in the mid-1930s but everything else had to be learned from scratch in the heat of emergency. This title offers a survey of military intelligence available to Britain and her allies during the Second World War.