LEADER 03184nam 2200529 450 001 9910150523603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7509-6860-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000943952 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4781489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4781489 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11328662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL902771 035 $a(OCoLC)962896455 035 $a(BIP)051591981 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000943952 100 $a20170123h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpynest $ebritish and german espionage from neutral Holland, 1914-1918 /$fEdwin Ruis 210 1$aStroud, Gloucestershire, [England] :$cThe History Press,$d2016. 210 4$d2016 215 $a1 online resource (198 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations 311 $a0-7509-6506-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aAn explosive account of the competing spy networks that used neutral Holland as their base in the First World War After First World War broke out the port city of Rotterdam in particular became a prolific breeding ground for secret agents and spies. The neutrality of the Netherlands, its geographical position in between most powerful warring nations, its proximity to the Western Front meant that British and German secret services both chose Holland as their main base for spying operations on each other. On neutral Dutch ground newly established intelligence services learned the spy trade. Spy Nest tells the story of the secret agents involved, their Dutch hirelings and the spies they recruited and sacrificed between August 1914 and November 1918. AUTHOR: Edwin Ruis is historian born in Rotterdam in 1971. The original Dutch edition of Spynest (Spionnennest 1914- 1918) won critical acclaim in the Netherlands and Belgium. His second book, Gith Mission (Vechtmissie) has also received strong reviews. Ruis writes regularly for the World at War magazine and has appeared on radio and TV discussing World War I. He has also lectured at public events and international conferences. SELLING POINTS: * Describes the activities of spymaster Hilmar Dierks and his spies that were executed in the Tower of London * Fresh insight into German intelligence operations directed against Britain * Reveals unknown history of WWI espionage and shows Rotterdam as key spy centre of World War I * Primary sources from Dutch archives, British National Archives, diaries, memoirs and newspapers 16 b/w illustrations, 8 b/w plates 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zNetherlands 606 $aNeutrality$zNetherlands$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aWorld War, 1914-1918 610 $aEspionage, German 610 $aNetherlands 610 $aHistory 610 $aPolitical Science 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aNeutrality$xHistory 676 $a940.325492 700 $aRuis$b Edwin$01380536 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150523603321 996 $aSpynest$93422002 997 $aUNINA