Our Man in New York
The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War
Henry Hemming
- 'A
- revelatory
- and
- wholly
- fascinating
- work
- of
- history.
- Superbly
- researched
- and
- written
- with
- gripping
- fluency,
- this
- lost
- secret
- of
- World
- War
- II
- espionage
- finally
- has
- its
- expert
- chronicler.'
- -
- WILLIAM
- BOYD'Gripping
- and
- intoxicating,
- it
- unfolds
- like
- the
- best
- screenplay.'****-
- NICHOLAS
- SHAKESPEARE'This
- is
- excellent,
- surprising
- and
- timely.
- Henry
- is
- a
- proper
- talent.'
- -
- DAN
- SNOW'This
- is
- a
- fascinating
- and
- gripping
- book,
- and
- deserves
- to
- be
- a
- big
- hit
- on
- both
- sides
- of
- the
- Atlantic.'
- -
- JOHN
- O'FARRELL'In
- Hemming's
- sure
- hands,
- America's
- uncertain
- progress
- towards
- direct
- engagement
- in
- the
- second
- world
- war
- becomes
- riveting
- history.'
- -
- SPECTATOR'A
- galloping
- story
- that
- Henry
- Hemming
- tells
- with
- clarity
- and
- aplomb.'
- -
- NEW
- STATESMANThe
- gripping
- story
- of
- a
- propaganda
- campaign
- like
- no
- other:
- the
- covert
- British
- operation
- to
- manipulate
- American
- public
- opinion
- and
- bring
- the
- US
- into
- the
- Second
- World
- War.When
- William
- Stephenson
- -
- "our
- man
- in
- New
- York"
- -
- arrived
- in
- the
- United
- States
- towards
- the
- end
- of
- June
- 1940
- with
- instructions
- from
- the
- head
- of
- MI6
- to
- 'organise'
- American
- public
- opinion,
- Britain
- was
- on
- the
- verge
- of
- defeat.
- Surveys
- showed
- that
- just
- 14%
- of
- the
- US
- population
- wanted
- to
- go
- to
- war
- against
- Nazi
- Germany.
- But
- soon
- that
- began
- to
- change...Those
- campaigning
- against
- America's
- entry
- into
- the
- war,
- such
- as
- legendary
- aviator
- Charles
- Lindbergh,
- talked
- of
- a
- British-led
- plot
- to
- drag
- the
- US
- into
- the
- conflict.
- They
- feared
- that
- the
- British
- were
- somehow
- flooding
- the
- American
- media
- with
- 'fake
- news',
- infiltrating
- pressure
- groups,
- rigging
- opinion
- polls
- and
- meddling
- in
- US
- politics.These
- claims
- were
- shocking
- and
- wild:
- they
- were
- also
- true.That
- truth
- is
- revealed
- here
- for
- the
- first
- time
- by
- bestselling
- author
- Henry
- Hemming,
- using
- hitherto
- private
- and
- classified
- documents,
- including
- the
- diaries
- of
- his
- own
- grandparents,
- who
- were
- briefly
- part
- of
- Stephenson's
- extraordinary
- influence
- campaign
- that
- was
- later
- described
- in
- the
- Washington
- Post
- as
- 'arguably
- the
- most
- effective
- in
- history'.
- Stephenson
- -
- who
- saved
- the
- life
- of
- Hemming's
- father
- -
- was
- a
- flawed
- maverick,
- full
- of
- contradictions,
- but
- one
- whose
- work
- changed
- the
- course
- of
- the
- war,
- and
- whose
- story
- can
- now
- be
- told
- in full.
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