On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the Secret World Botany of Flowers screaming for help

screaming for help

The accompanying book urges children to use their imaginations and look for the stories in the pictures

and praise

the British Navy’s star battleship

and tiny elephants living on islands in this fascinating creature guide like no other

On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the Secret World Botany of Flowers screaming for helpThis book analyses: how Hitler's intelligence staff misled him in a bid to outfox their Nazi Party rivals; the bureaucratic bungling behind Pearl Harbor; how in fighting within American intelligence ensured they were taken off guard by the Viet Cong's 1968 Tet Offensive; how over confidence, political interference and deception facilitated Egypt and Syria's 1973 surprise attack on Israel; why a handful of marines and a London taxicab were all Britain