British Intelligence Secrets, Spies and Sources

by Hampshire, Edward; Macklin, Graham; Twigge, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781905615001
• ISBN10: 1905615000
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-25
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

While other books have speculated on the history and nature of the British intelligence services, this is the first to tell the story through the documents themselves. Only ten years ago, access to these original sources would have been impossible. Now experts Stephen Twigge and Graham Macklin draw on the spies' and the spymasters' own words as contained in the National Archives' intelligence holdings. Historical narrative is interwoven with colorful tales from the past that highlight some of the greatest successes'”and failure'”along the way, as well as the motives and machinations of those responsible for them. And readers who want to discover more through the sources themselves are given all the guidance they need.

Author Biography

Stephen Twigge is Official Historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a former Head of Academic and Archival Services at the National Archives. He has written widely on nuclear history and international relations. Edward Hampshire is a Modern Records Specialist at the National Archives, specialising in defence and diplomatic records. He took a history degree at Magdalene College, Oxford, and holds a PhD on British naval policy from King's College, London. Graham Macklin is an Honorary Research Fellow at Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, and the author of Neville Chamberlain (2006).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Domestic Intelligence	p. 17
International Intelligence	p. 50
Military Intelligence	p. 88
Naval Intelligence	p. 113
Air Intelligence	p. 139
The Special Operations Executive	p. 167
Scientific Intelligence	p. 211
Communications Intelligence	p. 239
Intelligence in a Changing World	p. 262
Notes on the Text	p. 269
Intelligence Records and Soruces	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 282
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