Description
Gordon Thomas, a leading expert on the intelligence community, returns in Secret Wars to provide the definitive history of the famed MI5 and MI6.
Thomas's wide-sweeping history of two of the oldest and most powerful agencies in the world chronicles a century of both triumphs and failures. He recounts the roles that British intelligence played in the Allied victory in World War II; the postwar treachery of Great Britain's own agents; the defection of Soviet agents and the intricate process of handling them; the cooperation between the British and Americans in the search for Osama bin Laden; and the ways in which MI5 and MI6 have fought biological warfare espionage and space terrorism. Based on prodigious research and interviews with significant players from inside the British intelligence community, this is a rich and even delicious history packed with intrigue and information that only the author could have attained.Author: Gordon Thomas
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 02/16/2010
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780312603526
ISBN10: 0312603525
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
- History | Europe | Great Britain | 20th Century
About the Author
GORDON THOMAS is a bestselling author of forty books published worldwide, including many on the international intelligence community. His awards include the Citizens Commission for Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award for Investigative Journalism, the Mark Twain Society Award for Reporting Excellence, and an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Investigation. He lives in London.
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