Inside - Camp X

This book is so far one of the best that I have read. It talks about Camp X that was here in Ontario and no one knew about it. It talks about the training that went on there. The people that went through such as RCMP, Military, US Personnel and the writer of James Bond books/movies.
Learned more of Canada and what went on during WWII in Canada. Great for learning things you never knew.

Recently I had to do a report in school, i wasn't sure what to write about. My gradmother had bought this book a while ago and had recomended it to me. I wasnt really into these types of books, however i read it to see if i could write my report on. Let me tell you- as soon as i picked this book up, i didnt put it down. One of the best books i have ever read. I finished it in 2 days. I reccomend it to any one that wants to learn about canada and its history. Or just for a good read.

This book was so well writen, that I just could not put it down. A must read for anyone who loves history in Canada and esspecially World War Two. The research and time put into developing the book shows with the abundance of information that not many Canadians know about today.

The author Lynn- Philip Hodgson wrote an amazing book it is true he told us he really interviewed the people to find out infomation and he spend half his live working on it. I seen a documentry it was no where close to what he had.

This book is amazing and I highly recomend it to anyone who has ever wondered anything about spys and espionage. The book is about a secret training camp in Canada during and after World War 2. I was reading this book at work and now it is being passed around the office as everyone wants to read it and so far no one has been able to put it down!

I thouroghly enjoyed reading Inside Camp X. It's interesting to learn that so much went on locally to help the war effort. We usually just hear about everything that happened overseas. I found the book easy to read and very enjoyable. I would highly recommend it to everyone.

This is the best there is. No other writer has delved so deeply beneath the nearly-impenetrable surface of this covert enterprise and surfaced so completely authentic a reconstruction of the planning and day-to-day events, told by people who were actually there. Camp X's historic contributions to the development of clandestine warfare were the seminal factors which lead to the OSS then, and the CIA, now! An impeccably researched,informative and readily accessible read!

"Lynn-Philip Hodgson with the launch of his new book,'Inside - Camp X' has shone a light on the colourful wartime activities that took place in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Bowmanville. Filled with fascinating stories about North America's first spy training school"

Jane McDonald - Staff Writer - Oshawa This Week

Excellent biography in picture and word of the spy Camp "X" This intriguing book unveils the unique training centre, a spy school, established during the Second World War near Oshawa,Ontario,Canada by the world's greatest spymaster, Sir William Stephenson, the man called "INTREPID". Lynn-Phillips Hodgson's book 'Inside-Camp X' depicts in narrative and historical photographs the intriguing story of the men and women who were trained at this camp to be spies and saboteurs. Once they graduated their new job was unlike any we would aspire to. These new graduates were transported from Canada and dropped behind enemy lines. For the first time, we, the readers are taken into this world of espionage training, introduced to many of the silent heroes who committed themselves to the most dangerous of military tasks during the war, to parachute behind enemy lines, to disrupt the German war machine, to organize the resistance underground forces,and in many cases they lost their lives to achieve their goals. This book is their legacy to all of us who benefitted from their unswerving dedication and committment to end the Second World War. They are the graduates of the most unique training school the world has ever known, they are the men and women from 'Inside - Camp X'.

'Inside-Camp X' is a wake-up call to Canadians: our history can be told in an intellectually honest way that is at once fascinating, intriguing, hugely entertaining and of world-class significance. This book should be required reading on every Canadian secondary school's Canadian History syllabus. Well done, Lynn! A.P. Longfield, President, Camp X Historical Society,

'Inside-Camp X' is a wake-up call to Canadians: our history can be told in an intellectually honest way that is at once fascinating, intriguing, hugely entertaining and of world-class significance. This book should be required reading on every Canadian secondary school's Canadian History syllabus. Well done, Lynn! A.P. Longfield, President, Camp X Historical Society, P.O. Box 23 Whitby, ON L1N 5R7

The true lover of history can understand the maddening frustration of knowing something compelling existed once so very close nearby, but with the passage of time is now so far, far away, never to be touched or seen again. So it is with this saga of the mysterious Camp X. The author abley goes beyond the mere reference to "...a man called Intrepid", and adds flesh and bones, and breaths life into the ghosts of a secret establishment that is credited with shortening the war in Europe by some six months. To anyone even remotely interested in the secret machinations of warfare, this is must reading. Purveyors of agent 007 need look no further than this compelling book to see the real stuff of "...quiet warfare"---how it was developed, how it was trained, and how it was executed, in all its unheralded successes, and equally muted failures...

"On the subject of books, permit me to suggest a newly-released title that will make great reading for you or for those Canadian history buffs on your gift list. "Inside Camp X' , by Lynn-Philip Hodgson, recounts the fascinating story behind the top-secret training school for spies established in 1941 by William (A Man Called Intrepid" Stephenson, smack on the border between the then rural communities of Whitby and Oshawa.

Until now, only a small cairn and plaque have reminded us of the important role played by Camp X and its "students" in the successful outcome of the war. Now, thanks to Hodgson's detailed and colourful acounting, the story can be better understood and appreciated."

Mike Filey - The Way We Were
The Sunday Sun (Toronto)