Derek Law Bibliography

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BEESLY, Patrick. Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty’s Opera-tional Intelligence Centre 1939–1945. xv, 271p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hamilton, 1977; New York: Doubleday, 1978. ISBN: 0241896061.

The author served in OIC from 1940 and describes its war against Germany, but excluding the Mediterranean theatre. Complements Maclachlan’s book and benefits from the relaxation of security restrictions and the release of some secret files to the public domain, as well as personal knowledge. It presents a clearer picture than previously possible of how intelligence affected the war at sea.