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The Battle of Brains [1930, WW1 Intelligence]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at the University of California https://books.google.com/books?id=hG1HAAAAIAAJ The Foreword addressed to Alan Bott states that much of the content of the book had first appeared serially in the “Graphic.” The author continues “What was required, you may recall, was the first authentic sweep of "Intelligence" as a whole as it matured in famous years - so many imagine espionage as the be-all and end-all of the game - and it was deemed best that the attempt should be made via the short story reposing upon fact in all cases. But there arose difficulty over form. Where did fact end and fiction begins? Two types of story were decided upon. One, a straightforward recital of elapsed events - such a narrative, as “Portrait of Mata Hari” - with names, places, dates, everything presented without interference by me. The second type developed into what I believe is called semi-fiction (and all Sir Garnet provided one doesn't take liberties!). Though no less true basically than type one, many characters and situations are summoned from the imagination, also, naturally, dialogue. Glancing through the proofs, "Two Birds, One Stone" affords a good illus

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