Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had the bad luck to fall in love with Harry, a handsome if frustrated young actor, who has also been press-ganged into the family business, acting as …
This book explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret Service Bureau to Cameron's National Security Council. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunde…
"At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert action is incorporated…
2009 will mark the 100th anniversary of Britain's MI5 and MI6 agencies, two of the oldest and most powerful secret intelligence services in the world. Secret Wars covers a century of triumphs and deceptions: from the last days of the British Empire, to Allied intelligence in Wor…
2009 will mark the 100th anniversary of Britain’s MI5 and MI6 agencies, two of the oldest and most powerful secret intelligence services in the world. Secret Wars covers a century of triumphs and deceptions: from the last days of the British Empire, to Allied intelligence in Wor…
"David Shayler and Annie Machon worked for MI5's political and counter-terrorism departments in the 1990s. They were so disgusted by its crimes and incompetence that they left and David went on the record about the service's failings. Ministers refused to hear his evidence. Inst…
"The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"-- "Britain's domestic intelligence agencies maintained secret records on many left-wing writers after the First World War. Drawing on rece…
"The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"-- "Britain's domestic intelligence agencies maintained secret records on many left-wing writers after the First World War. Drawing on rece…
"Britain's domestic intelligence agencies maintained secret records on many left-wing writers after the First World War. Drawing on recently declassified material from 1930 to 1960, this revealing study examines how leading figures in Britain's literary scene fell under MI5 and …
The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"
