The Secret History of MI6
1909-1949
Keith Jeffery - Author
ISBN 9781101443460 | 832 pages | 21 Sep 2010 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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"Jeffery's book is perhaps the most authentic account one will ever read about how intelligence really works." --The Washington Times Britain 's Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, is not only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit in the world-it is also the only one to open its archives to an outside researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is an unprecedented and revelatory look at an organization that essentially created, over the course of two world wars, the modern craft of spying. Examining innovations from invisible ink and industrial-scale cryptography to dramatic setbacks like the Nazi sting operations to bag British operatives, this groundbreaking history is as engrossing as any thriller-and much more revealing. Foreword PART ONE: EARLY DAYS 1 The Beginnings of the Service PART TWO: THE FIRST WORLD WAR 2 Status, organization and expertise PART THREE: THE INTERWAR YEARS 5 The emergence of SIS PART FOUR: THE IMPACT OF WAR 10 Keeping afloat PART FIVE: WINNING THE WAR 14 The tide turns PART SIX: FROM HOT WAR TO COLD WAR 19 Adjusting to peace PART SEVEN: CONCLUSION 22 SIS: leadership and performance over the first forty years Notes |
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