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The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 by Andrew, Christopher
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- Book Title
- The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History o
- Item Length
- 19.8 cm
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Defence of The Realm: the Authorized History of Mi5
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Item Width
- 129mm
- Subject
- Government, History
- Item Weight
- 773g
- Number of Pages
- 1072 Pages
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The first ever authorized history of the British Security Service (MI5) To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. The Defence of the Realm, the book which results, is an unprecedented publication, It reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser' up to its present role in countering Islamic terrorism. It describes the distinctive ethos of MI5, how the organization has been managed, its relationship with the government, where it has triumphed and where it has failed. In all of this, no restriction has been placed on the judgements made by the author. The book also casts new light on many events and periods in British history, showing for example that though well-placed sources MI5 was probably the pre-war department with the best understanding of Hitler's objectives, and had a remarkable willingness to speak truth to power; how it was so astonishingly successful in turning German agents during the Second World War; and that it had much greater roles than has hitherto been realized during the end of the Empire and in responding to the recurrent fears of successive governments (both Conservative and Labour) and or Cold War Communist subversion. It has new information about the Profumo affair and its aftermath, about the 'Magnificent Five' and about a range of formerly unconfirmed Soviet contacts. It reveals that though MI5 had a file on Harold Wilson it did not plot against him, and it describes what really happened during the failed IRA attack in Gibraltar in March 1988.
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Penguin Books Ltd
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9780141023304
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The Defence of The Realm: the Authorized History of Mi5
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
1072 Pages
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198mm
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129mm
Item Weight
773g
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United Kingdom
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