Most Secret War

Jan 10, 2025 6:04 PM

Author:R.V. Jones

Most Secret War

Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.

In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.

Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.

Reviews

Bold, provocative and witty ... one of the outstanding historians of our age

—— Spectator

Do we need another history of the First World War? The answer in the case of Norman Stone's short book is, yes - because of its opinionated freshness and the unusual, sharp facts that fly about like shrapnel

—— Literary Review

One of the most original modern commentaries on the conflict ... this stimulating work can be read for pleasure in an afternoon, even if you are not particularly interested in World War One. That truly is the mark of a great history book

—— Evening Standard

Exhilarating ... scintillating ... a heady cocktail

—— Observer

Entertaining and insightful ... one of the handful of living historians who can write with style and wit

—— Tibor Fischer , Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year

A corker of a book ... brings more clarity to this complex, much-written about subject than some historians manage to do in books three or four times as long

—— History Today

(An) erudite, monumental piece of historial research ... it's a great tale with a clear argument, baked by an impressive array of sources and detail.

—— Charles Clover , Financial Times

A superbly crafted book

—— Alexander M. Martin , TLS

A lucid and detailed account

—— Geoffrey Hosking , London Review of Books

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