Secret World, The Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War.
Title:
Secret World, The Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War.
Author:
Trevor-Roper, Hugh.
ISBN:
9780857737038
9780857724472
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Publication Information:
London : I.B.Tauris, 2014.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (482 p.)
General Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents:
List of Illustrations; Editor''s Acknowledgements; Foreword by Sir Michael Howard; Abbreviations and Glossary; Editor''s Preface; Editor''s Introduction; 1 Sideways into SIS; 2 Admiral Canaris; 3 The Philby Affair; 4 Deception; 5 Ultra; 6 Percy Sillitoe and Dick White; 7 Anthony Blunt; 8 Michael Straight; 9 Peter Wright; 10 Otto John and Reinhard Gehlen; Appendix 1: Correspondance with Patrick Reilly; Appendix 2: Charles Stuart on Kim Philby; Editor''s Notes; Bibliography
Abstract:
During World War II, Britain enjoyed spectacular success in the secret war between hostile intelligence services, enabling a substantial and successful expansion of British counter-espionage which continued to grow in the Cold War era. Hugh Trevor-Roper's experiences working in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during the war left a profound impression on him and he later observed the world of intelligence with particular discernment. To Trevor-Roper, who was always interested in the historical dimension of the present and was fully alive to the historical significance of the era in which.
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