Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5

Andrew, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0307275817 / ISBN 13: 9780307275813

Published by Vintage Books - A Division of Random House, Inc, New York, 2010

About this Item

1044 Pages Indexed. This is the December 2010 First Vintage Books Edition. Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books as The Defense of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 by Allen Lane. Illustrated with 82 Plates and 42 Integrated Illustrations which includes maps. A large, heavy, square book with bright, tight, and white pages. Spine is straight. No defects noted. 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. Contents in Six Parts: The German Threat 1908-1919, Between Wars, The Second World War, The Early Cold War, and The Later Cold War. May incur additional shipping charges to some locations. Inquire before ordering.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
• Publisher: Vintage Books - A Division of Random House, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307275817
• ISBN 13: 9780307275813
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Booker, Jan - Cover Design
• Edition: First Vintage Books Edition Stated
• Condition: Near Fine

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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.