ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover 'Sensationally good . A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen . history doesn't come more fascinating than this' Evening Standard For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained shrouded in secrecy - until now. This first-ever authorized account reveals the British Security Service as never before: its inner workings, its clandestine operations, its failures and its triumphs. 'Definitive and fascinating . whether reporting on Hitler in the 1930s, the Double-Cross System of the second world war, Zionist terrorism, the atom spies, the Cambridge spies, the so-called Wilson plot or the 1988 shooting of the IRA bombers in Gibraltar, this book is essential reading' Alan Judd, Spectator 'The British Secret Service has opened its archives - and even 'insiders' may be in for a surprise . magisterial . extremely readable' Oleg Gordievsky, The Times 'Compelling . a feast' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'A superb account . He has captured every important detail of the Service . unlikely to be surpassed for another 100 years' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine ...

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ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: Penguin] Softcover First Edition 1070 Pages total including Preface, TOC, etc. Good condition, no markings, mild tropical speckling to flyleaves and edges. The British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role which MI5 wishes to project in 20th-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909, through two world wars, up to and including its present roles in counterespionage, false flags & counterterrorism. The book also describes how MI5 has been managed, what its relationship has been with government and how it was infiltrated by Soviet agents. Defend the Realm also reveals the identities of previously unknown enemies of the United Kingdom whose activities have been uncovered by the Service, adds significantly to our knowledge of many celebrated events and notorious individuals, and definitively lays to rest a number of persistent myths. Above all, it shows the place of this previously extremely secretive organization within the United Kingdom, although it fails to fully develop a critical analysis of the role of MI5 in subverting Trade Unions and the UK Labour Party.
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ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: London : Penguin] Softcover Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxv, 1044 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 21 cm. Subjects; Intelligence service Great Britain. Intelligence service Great Britain History 20th century. Great Britain. MI5 History. Intelligence service Great Britain History. Espionage History 20th century. 1 Kg.
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ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: Penguin Books UK] Softcover To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of .
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Penguin Books Ltd 2010 Mass-market paperback New 2010. Reprint. Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: Penguin] Softcover 2010. Reprint. Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784. . . . . .
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ISBN10: 0141023309, ISBN13: 9780141023304, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. o mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. "The Defence of the Realm", the book which results, is an unprecedented publication. It reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser' up to its present role in countering Islamic terrorism. It describes the distinctive ethos of MI5, how the organization has been managed, its relationship with the government, where it has triumphed and where it has failed. In all of this, no restriction has been placed on the judgements made by the author. The book also casts new light on many events and periods in British history, showing for example that though well-placed sources MI5 was probably the pre-war department with the best understanding of Hitler's objectives, and had a remarkable willingness to speak truth to power; how it was so astonishingly successful in turning German agents during the Second World War; and, that it had much greater roles than has hitherto been realized during the end of the Empire and in responding to the recurrent fears of successive governments (both Conservative and Labour) and or Cold War Communist subversion. It has new information about the Profumo ...
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