ISBN10: 0007278470, ISBN13: 9780007278473, [publisher: London : Harper Press] Hardcover First Edition Library copy. Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Library marks remain internally. Physical description: [18], 666 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm. Notes: Illustrations on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-634) and index. Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. Schooldays -- 2. Friends and Allies -- 3. Every War Must Have an End -- 4. KGB and the Venona Project -- 5. UKUSA -- Creating the Global Sigint Alliance -- 6. 'Elint' and the Soviet Nuclear Target -- 7. Voyages of HMS Tiopin -- 8. Sigint in the Sun -- GCHQ's Overseas Empire -- 9. Blake, Bugs and the Berlin Tunnel -- 10. Embassy Wars -- 11. Harold Macmillan -- Shootdowns, Cyphers and Spending -- 12. Harold Wilson -- Security Scandals and Spy Revelations -- 13. Intelligence for Doomsday -- 14. Staying Ahead -- Sigint Ships and Spy Planes -- 15. Trouble with Henry -- 16. Disaster at Kizildere -- 17. Turmoil on Cyprus -- 18. Unmasking GCHQ: The ABC Trial -- 19. Geoffrey Prime -- The GCHQ Mole -- 20. Surprise Attack -- The Falklands War -- 21. Thatcher and the GCHQ Trade Union Ban -- 22. NSA and the Zircon Project -- 23. From Cold War to Hot Peace -- The Gulf War ...