srash's review
4.0
Decided to reread this after reading Marks's book. Masterman focuses specifically on how the British infiltrated the German spy system in England and turned the agents into double agents. This was written as a government report shortly after the war ended, so in many ways, it reads like a report, but Masterman has a sly sense of humor that periodically pops up. And the topic itself is fascinating as he relates stories of staged sabotage and deception. Masterman also matter of factly gives practical tips on how to run a double agent system, which isn't practical advice for most people, but it is still interesting.
literallykristen's review against another edition
2.0
At times interesting but at times pretty boring. I thought it would be more accessible to the common person. I think it was too in depth for me to enjoy and there were a lot of parts that were hard to follow or remember.
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