McCORMICK : The master book of spies (előszó)
This is an attempt at the whole inside story of spying, not merely its history, or how each nation tackles it, but those normally avoided questions of how one becomes a spy, what spying is like and how it all works.
It is an awful lot to say in relatively few words and at the same time to try to answer all the questions that readers will want to know. Not least will they want to know why I, personally, claim to know the answers.
I could simply say that it has been a life-time's hobby. If one collected stamps, or coins, that would satisfy most. But to anticipate your queries, I can also say that I have known many spies and some of them have been my friends. Some, too, have been my enemies. But I have always tried to judge both friends and enemies according to their merits: one can learn much from each.
Have I myself spied? Well, there are some limits to what one can confess. But can I just say this — and it should encourage all potential spies, because this is a task well within their scope, if they are patient and conscientious — in 1942 I made a totally unauthorised entry into the out-of-bounds Kasbah of Algiers to work out a detailed street map of this still enemy-infested territory.
For whom? None other than Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, and at that time Deputy Director of British Naval Intelligence.
Donald McCormick
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