| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 619 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Elisabeth Sifton books." |
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Previously published as: Secret Service. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [568]-581. |
| Note |
Includes 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 débâcle -- 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 Title |
Secret Service
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| ISBN |
0670809411: $25.00 |
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