The Hidden War in Argentina

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In The Hidden War in Argentina, the prolific intelligence historian Panagiotis Dimitrakis provides welcome new insights into intelligence activities in Argentina during World War II ... [It] contains revelations that will interest and instruct students and specialists alike ... Dimitrakis's book fills serious gaps in our knowledge of the hidden struggle for intelligence in Argentina during the Second World War. * Michigan War Studies Review * [The book] reveals an unmitigated volume of unique anecdotes, newly revealed archival resources, and the author's passion for history ... [It] can serve as a resource tool for students and historians of World War II espionage and intelligence activities to explore new paths of inquiry for themselves. * H-War * [The book] provides a much-needed resource for examining intelligence operations outside of the traditional body of literature, as well as the traditional theater of operations, in a region that is not well studied or understood. * International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence * Dimitrakis expertly reveals how clandestine warfare outside the main theatres of war altered the fate of both individuals and nations across the globe ... [the book] succeeds in illuminating the hitherto underappreciated and supremely consequential stakes of covert warfare in Latin America, saliently measures the resilience and long-term effects of fascism and reaffirms the primacy of historical contingency in shaping myriad destinies. * LSE Review of Books * An important work that nicely balances the story of Allied and Axis intelligence work in Argentina during the war with an assessment of broader geopolitical and wartime strategy there, while also providing important analysis of the role countries like Spain played. With meticulous research and a hugely readable style, Panagiotis Dimitrakis has produced a fascinating study of this most neglected area of Second World War history.