Defend the Realm (Paperback)

Christopher Andrew

ISBN 10: 0307275817 / ISBN 13: 9780307275813

Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2010

About this Item

Paperback. For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained shrouded in secrecyuntil now. This first-ever authorized account reveals the British Security Service as never before: its inner workings, its clandestine operations, its failures and its triumphs. To mark its centenary, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in 20th-century British history, from its foundation in 1909 to its present roles in counterespionage and counterterrorism. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defend the Realm (Paperback)
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307275817
• ISBN 13: 9780307275813
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained shrouded in secrecy—until now. This first-ever authorized account reveals the British Security Service as never before: its inner workings, its clandestine operations, its failures and its triumphs.

About the Author

Christopher Andrew is Britain’s leading historian of intelligence, professor of modern and contemporary history and chair of the faculty of history at Cambridge University. He is also chair of the British Intelligence Study Group, coeditor of Intelligence and National Security, former visiting professor at Harvard, Toronto, and the Australian National University, and a regular presenter of BBC Radio and TV documentaries. His thirteen previous books include The Mitrokhin Archive, volumes 1 and 2, and a number of groundbreaking studies on the use and abuse of secret intelligence in modern history.