The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers - Couverture souple

Aldrich, Richard; Cormac, Rory

 
9780007555475: The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0007555474 ISBN 13 : 9780007555475
Editeur : William Collins, 2017

Synopsis

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.

Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through fancy footwork, often deceiving friend and foe alike. Yet as the birth of the modern British secret service in 1909, prime ministers were strangers to the secret world – sometimes with disastrous consequences. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill oversaw a remarkable revolution in the exploitation of intelligence, bringing it into the centre of government. Chruchill’s wartime regime also formed a school of intelligence for future prime ministers, and its secret legacy has endured. Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and David Cameron all became great enthusiasts for spies and special forces. Although Britain’s political leaders have often feigned ignorance about what one prime minister called this ‘strange underworld’, some of the most daring and controversial intelligence operations can be traced straight back to Number 10.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard Aldrich is a regular commentator on war and espionage and has written for the ‘Evening Standard’, the ‘Guardian’, ‘The Times’ and the ‘Telegraph’. He is the author of several books, including ‘The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence’ which won the Donner Book Prize in 2002.

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Éditeur
William Collins
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0007555474
ISBN 13 
9780007555475
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
624
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780007555444: The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers

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ISBN 10 :  000755544X ISBN 13 :  9780007555444
Editeur : William Collins, 2016
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