Sinclair McKay reviews The Secret War for The Spectator
Spying is a branch of philosophy, although you would never guess it from that expression on Daniel Craig's face. Read More
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Paul Gannon Reviews The Secret War
Max Hastings takes on a massive subject in his latest book, the role played by intelligence and secret operations in the second world war. Read More
Andrew Lycett reviews The Secret War for The Daily Telegraph
Max Hastings is tickled by the irony that Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, has emerged as a celebrated secret warrior, when until recently he was virtually unknown outside his professional circles. Read More
Guy Walters reviews The Secret War for Country Life
It is impossible to quantify the number of books that have been written about the Second World War. Read More
Laurence Rees reviews The Secret War for the Sunday Times
The history of the secret intelligence conflict during the Second World War is so well trodden that the pickings for any new writer traversing this ground ought to be thin. Read More
Critical acclaim for The Secret War
Hailed as 'the best single volume yet written on the subject' by the Sunday Times, Max's new book, The Secret War, is an instant number one Sunday Times bestseller. Here are some of the fantastic reviews so far: Read More
Max introduces The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945
Max Hastings introduces his new book The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945. … Read More
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th century’s first terrible act of self-immolation - what was then called The Great War. On the eve of its centenary, Max Hastings seeks to explain both how the conflict came about and what befell millions of men and women during the first months of strife. Read More
Introducing The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-45
Max’s new book – published in autumn 2015 – is a portrait of the role played by espionage, code-breaking and intelligence in the Second World War. Read More