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A carregar... Camp Z: The Secret Life of Rudolf Hesspor Stephen McGinty
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Hess ja tema lend on siiani üheks müstifikatsiooniks II maailmasõja aegadest, See raamat võtab ette katse selgitada profaan-psühhiaatriliselt positsioonilt, kui hull Hess oli. Kui võtta kõik toodud allikad tõeks, siis oli ikka küll ja päris palju. Suht segane jutt, mis ta kohati ajas. Kirjastus on seda stiili suutnud järgida ja ellimineerides tootmisprotsessist toimetaja, korrektori ja küljendaja on saavutanud ilmselt oma eesmärgi - muuta raamat sama raskesti loetavaks ja arusaamatuks nagu Hess. ( ) The story of the capture of Rudolf Hess in 1941 after he parachuted into Britain on a bizarre peace mission and the British authorities' efforts to extract information in his first year of capture when held at Mytchett Place (aka Camp Z). Fascinating glimpse into the real workings of British Intelligence during WW2; a long way from "James Bond". And a good portrait of Hess; deluded, paranoid but sane enough to convincingly pretend to have amnesia when it suited. Details of notes taken, transcripts from conversations - its all here. A well written and researched book; I found it really interesting. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
On 10 May 1941 Rudolph Hess, then the Deputy Fuhrer, parachuted over Renfrewshire in Scotland on a mission to meet with the Duke of Hamilton, ostensibly to broker a peace deal with the British government. After being held in the Tower of London, he was transferred to Mytchett Place near Aldershot on 20 May, under the codename of 'Z'. The house was fitted with microphones and sound recording equipment, guarded by a battalion of soldiers and codenamed Camp Z. Churchill's instructions were that Hess should be strictly isolated, and that every effort should be taken to get any information out of him that might be useful. During the ensuing thirteen months a psychological battle was waged between intelligence officers using the new Freudian techniques of 'dynamic psychologies', and the man who had been a heartbeat away from Hitler. Stephen McGinty uses new documentation, contemporaneous reports, diaries, letters and memos to piece together a riveting account of the claustrophobia, paranoia and high-stakes gamesmanship being played out in an English country house. CAMP Z is a 'locked room mystery' where the 'locked room' is a man's head, and information which could help change the course of the Second World War lies inside a mind which no one can decide, with any degree of confidence, is either sane or insane. Hess was given a life sentence at the Nuremberg Trials, and from 1966 to his death in 1987 he was the sole remaining prisoner of Spandau Prison. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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