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Podivné špionážní hry
Author: Karel Pacner
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Podivné špionážní hry turns from the image of infallible intelligence services to mistakes and deception. Karel Pacner examines cases in which secrecy and half-truths meet unpredictable consequences.
The history of espionage is not only a story of successful agents and flawlessly prepared operations. Karel Pacner focuses on mistakes, deceptions, half-truths, and cases in which the reality of secret services was as intricate as spy fiction.
Book information
- Author
- Karel Pacner
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Plus
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- literatúra faktu, špionáž, moderné dejiny, história tajných služieb
- ISBN
- 978-80-259-0590-6
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-259-0599-9) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-259-0599-9) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-259-0599-9)
What is Podivné špionážní hry about?
The author gathers real cases of intelligence operations and deception, placing them in a wider historical context. He explains the workings of secret services, how disinformation arises, and situations in which secrecy allows misinterpretations, legends, or deliberate deception of an adversary to develop. He pays particular attention to modern espionage and the twentieth century, when technological advances substantially changed the capabilities of intelligence services.
Themes and motifs
Espionage
The book explores how intelligence services operate through specific cases of covert operations.
Deception and disinformation
The author examines deliberate deception, incorrect information, and intelligence games.
Intelligence mistakes
Attention also goes to failures and misjudgments that affected secret operations.
Modern history
Much of the book concerns the twentieth century and the development of modern intelligence services.
Setting
Various periods of world history, with a strong emphasis on modern history and twentieth-century intelligence operations.
Who is this book for?
For readers of nonfiction, modern history, and military literature, and those interested in espionage, secret services, and intelligence operations.
Book context
Podivné špionážní hry is a nonfiction book by Czech journalist Karel Pacner, published by Plus in 2016. The official publisher places it in the Špionáž Karla Pacnera line and lists 384 pages for the print edition. SOURCE_FACT has no page count for this electronic edition, so the external figure of 384 pages does not replace that empty edition-specific field.
Séria a poradie
- Špionáž Karla Pacnera
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What is Podivné špionážní hry about?
Karel Pacner explores real cases of espionage mistakes, deception, covert operations, and the inner workings of intelligence services.
Who wrote Podivné špionážní hry?
The author is Czech journalist and nonfiction writer Karel Pacner.
Is the book a novel?
No. It is nonfiction based on real cases from the world of espionage and intelligence services.
Which period does the book cover?
It places espionage within a broad historical context, giving particular attention to modern secret services and the twentieth century.
Is the book part of a series?
The official publisher, Plus, places it in the Špionáž Karla Pacnera line.
What does espionage deception mean here?
In this book, it refers to misleading information, disinformation, deceptive operations, and stories in which reality was difficult to separate from a constructed legend.
How many pages does this eBook have?
SOURCE_FACT does not give a page count. The official publisher lists 384 pages for the print edition, but that figure cannot automatically be applied to this electronic edition.
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