Secret Service

Stock Code:
BAC6547
Price:
$20.00

Description

Secret Service. The Making of the British Intelligence Community by Christopher Andrew. Secret Service is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of the emergence of one of the world's major intelligence communities. There are surprising revelations in every chapter. Detailed references to a wide and novel range of sources gives Secret Service an authority lacking in much previous writing on the subject. Christopher Andrew shows how today's MI5 and MI6 (or SIS) owe their foundation to the Edwardian delusion that Britain was teeming with German spies; most were in fact imaginary. The rebirth of British codebreaking and the rapid expansion of the intelligence community during the First World War under such legendary figures as Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming :("C"), Admiral Sir Reginald "Blinker" Hall and others. Some light marks along the page edges but overall a very tidy copy. A very large book that will require additional freight.

Details

  • Author:
    Andrew, Christopher
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    Heinemann, London
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    A6
  • ISBN:
    0434021105
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    616
  • Publish Date:
    1985
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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