# The Double-Cross System

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- Authors: [John Masterman](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-masterman)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-06-06

## Description

J. C. Masterman was chairman of the Double-Cross Committee at the height of World War Two. This is his account of the double agents, deception and counter-espionage which were key to the victory of D-Day. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945, originally published with the permission of the British Government over twenty years later, The Double-Cross System details the Allied handling of enemy agents and the British infiltration of Nazi spy-rings. Telling the stories of the agents codenamed Zigzag, Tricycle, Garbo and Snow, Masterman also tells the story of a triumphant operation in the Second World War’s intelligence effort.

## Editions

### The Double-Cross System

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-823-9
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2013-06-06
- Language: en_GB