Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Making of the British Intelligence Community
Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, 1986
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

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619pp. Dustjacket has tiny tears at the head and foot of the spine panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall B2.
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- Title
- Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Making of the British Intelligence Community
- Author
- Andrew, Christopher
- Publisher
- Viking, New York
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670809411
- ISBN 13
- 9780670809417
- Edition
- First US Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- First Edition, Military History, World History
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Reviews
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
This lengthy but wonderfully detailed and researched book describing the emergence of the British intelligence community (MI5, SIS, and all that) could not come at a more opportune time. Never mind that it is replete with pilot plots for a rich Masterpiece Theatre series, it has a lot to say about intelligence services, ideological politics, spy mania (real, fictional, and imagined), national character, and bureaucracy. For American readers, Andrew's tale, and his wise remarks on accountability, are sobering. Who, after all, watches the watchman of the secrets? Who in fact are these watchmen and what is their character and allegiance? Andrew's interesting work guarantees that the "great game" will never seem the same again. Henry Steck, Political Science Dept., SUNY Coll. at Cortland
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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