The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes

Mark Urban

HarperCollins e-books

War in Afghanistan

History

Asia

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This description of the military struggle for Afghanistan concerns the objectives, operations, tactics and effectiveness of the forces involved in that struggle. The aim is to describe the war as objectively and in as much detail as possible.

The Macmillan Press

The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily Mail Soon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse. Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war. Major-General Stan McChrystal devised a campaign fusing special forces, aircraft, and the latest surveillance technology with the aim of taking down the enemy faster than it could regenerate. Guided by intelligence, a small British special forces team met the car bombers' fire with fire and accounted for thousands of insurgents.

Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq

Europe

Abacus Software

In this book, defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the mid-1970s to the Loughgall shooting in 1987. Drawing on interviews with people who have served at the heart of intelligence and special operations in Ulster, as well as with members of paramilitary groups, this book examines the roles of the army, the police and special branch, as well as both MI5 and MI6. The book also looks at the shoot to kill allegations, and records members of the security forces describing the deliberate deception of the press and courts in Ulster. The author also reveals many details including the events which lead up to the killing of eight IRA members in May 1987 in the village of Loughgall.

Big Boys' Rules: The Sas and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Faber Paperbacks

An account of British intelligence since Gorbachev came to power in 1985. The author presents a list of what he claims are failures by every British intelligence organization, and raises questions about the value of the traditional structures and organizations that are a legacy of the Cold War.

Uk Eyes Alpha : Inside Story of British Intelligence

This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. The French army, during the Peninsular War, used a code of unrivalled complexity - the "Great Paris Cipher". Major George Scovell used a network of Spanish guerillas to capture coded French messages, and then set to work decrypting them.

The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes : The Story of George Scovell

Faber&Faber

As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving and raping their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of a six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman.

Rifles

World

As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving and raping their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of the six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman.

Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America

Americas

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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes

War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan

Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq

Big Boys' Rules: The Sas and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA

Uk Eyes Alpha : Inside Story of British Intelligence

The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes : The Story of George Scovell

Rifles

Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters

Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America