| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 619 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Elisabeth Sifton books." |
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Previously published as: Secret Service. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [568]-581) and index. |
| Contents |
Victorian prologue: MID, NID and the special branch -- Spies and spy scares: the birth of the Secret Service bureau -- Room 40: the rebirth of British codebreaking -- Secret intelligence on the western front -- Counter-espionage and counter-subversion: M15 and the special branch -- 'Adventure and romance in the Secret Intelligence Service in red Russia": the failure of covert action -- The red menace at home -- The Irish debâcle -- GC & CS, SIS, and Anglo-Soviet relations 1920-1924 --Zinoviev letters and the breach with Russia -- Depression: the MacDonald years -- Appeasement: the road to Munich -- Rumours of war and war -- Winston Churchill and the making of the British Intelligence Community -- Epilogue: war and peace. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. MI6 -- History.
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Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Added Author |
Andrew, Christopher M.
Secret service.
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| ISBN |
0670809411 : $25.00 |
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9780670809417 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 862287820 |
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NZ1 3347014 |
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AU@ 000004219476 |
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