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An inside account of British spy Peter Wright's best-selling memoirs "Spycatcher," and the sensational courtroom drama that ensued when the British government attempted to stop publication
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Efforts by the British government to block publication of Peter Wright's Spycatcher (1987) included a civil suit against the disgruntled former assistant director of MI5, one of the British secret services, and his Australian publisher. In this intricate and convoluted account of the 1985-86 trial, in Sydney, Pincher ( Too Secret Too Long ) reveals how and why the British legal system and government were brought into disrepute and ridicule. Government ministers and senior officials whose reputations suffered during the affair (including cabinet secretary Robert Armstrong) were victims of a cult of secrecy, says the author, who forcefully denounces what he sees as nonsensical and highly dangerous government secrecy: "More than a sacred cow, it is a golden calf worshipped for its own sake." Pincher's reputation was among those called into question during the trial. A highly regarded, and highly critical, historian of MI5 and MI6, Pincher defends himself successfully, here, expressing cold, commanding scorn for Peter Wright. Illustrations.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In 1987, Peter Wright, a retired agent of MI5the British equivalent of the FBIpublished the best-selling Spycatcher (Viking, 1987), revealing secrets prohibited by the government. Britain had sued Wright to prevent the book's publication, but lost. Here Pincher reveals that Wright was his anonymous source for Their Trade Is Treachery ( LJ 4/15/82), an expose of Soviet penetration of British security. Pincher's insider's analysis is critical of Wright's motives and he calls the government's obsession with secrecy "nonsensical." Previously published last year in England as A Web of Deception , this convoluted tale, whose American version includes new information, will draw British spy buffs primarily. Gregor A. Preston, Univ. of California Lib., Davis
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- PublisherSt Martins Pr
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0312022905
- ISBN 13 9780312022907
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages305
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