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ISBN10: 0007278470, ISBN13: 9780007278473, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover The gripping inside story of the last unknown realm of the British secret service: GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters). GCHQ is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the country. During the war, it commanded more staff than MI5 and MI6 combined and has produced a number of intelligence triumphs, as well as some notable failures. Since the end of the Cold War, it has played a pivotal role in shaping Britain's secret state. Still, we know almost nothing about it. In this ground-breaking new book, Richard Aldrich traces GCHQ's evolvement from a wartime code-breaking operation based in the Bedfordshire countryside, staffed by eccentric crossword puzzlers, to one of the world leading espionage organisations. It is packed full of dramatic spy stories that shed fresh light on Britain's role in the Cold War - from the secret tunnels dug beneath Vienna and Berlin to tap Soviet phone lines, and daring submarine missions to gather intelligence from the Soviet fleet, to the notorious case of Geoffrey Pine, one of the most damaging moles ever recruited by the Soviets inside British intelligence. The book reveals for the first time how GCHQ operators based in Cheltenham affected the outcome of military confrontations in far-flung ...

Harper Press. Used - Good. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects. Harper Press ISBN 0007278470 9780007278473 [US]

London : Harper Press, Date: 2010. 1st edition. Hardcover. 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 and Bosnia -- 24. New Age of Ubiquitous Computing -- 25. 9/11 ...

HarperPress, Date: 2010-06-10. Hardcover. Like New. 4.9962 cent in x 23.5821 cent in x 15.7880 cent in. 2010. HarperPress ISBN 0007278470 9780007278473 [GB]

HarperPress, Date: 2010-06-10. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2010. HarperPress ISBN 0007278470 9780007278473 [US]