A MAN CALLED INTREPID: THE SECRET WAR.

" A Man Called Intrepid is the chronicle of the world's first integrated intelligence operation and of its chief, William Stephenson, whose code name, INTREPID, and bold mission were given to him by Winston Churchill. The year was 1940, when the survival of Britain and the fate of free nations hung perilously in the balance, INTREPID was charged with maintaining the closet possible but most guarded cover communication between Churchill and Roosevelt, and with establishing, from virtually nothing, a worldwide intelligence network that would challenge the staggering force of the Nazi juggernaut. The brilliant result of that mission, presented here in its essential highlights, has remained, until now, the best-kept secret of World War II. ..." ---from the inside flap of the dust jacket.