The defence of the realm : the authorized history of MI5 /: the authorized history of MI5. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Andrew.
• Authors: Andrew, Christopher M
• Contents: Section A. The German threat, 1909-1919. Introduction: the origins of the Secret Service Bureau -- 'Spies of the Kaiser': counter-espionage before the First World War -- The First World War: part 1-The failure of German espionage -- The First World War: part 2- The rise of counter-subversion -- Section B. Between the wars. Introduction: MI5 and its staff- survival and revival -- The Red Menace in the 1920s -- The Red Menace in the 1930s -- British fascism and the Nazi threat -- Section C. The Second World War. Introduction: The Security Service and its wartime staff: 'From prison to palace' -- Deception -- Soviet penetration and the Communist Party -- Victory -- Section D. The early Cold War. Introduction: The Security Service and its staff in the early Cold War -- Counter-espionage and Soviet penetration: Igor Gouzenko and Kim Philby -- Zionist extremists and counter-terrorism -- VENONA and the special relationships with the United States and Australia -- Vetting, atom spies and protective security -- The communist party of Great Britain, the trade unions and the Labour Party -- The hunt for the 'magnificent five' -- The end of empire: part 1 -- The end of empire: part 2 -- The Macmillan government: spy scandals and the Profumo affair -- FLUENCY: paranoid tendencies -- The Wilson government 1964 -1970: security, subversion and 'Wiggery-Pokery' Section E. The later Cold War. Introduction: The Security Service and its staff in the later Cold War -- Operation FOOT and counter-espionage in the 1970s -- The Heath government and subversion -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the early 1970s -- The 'Wilson Plot' -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the later 1970s -- The Callaghan government and subversion -- The Thatcher government and subversion -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the early 1980s -- Counter-espionage in the last decade of the Cold War -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the later 1980s -- The origins of the Security Service Act -- Section F. After the Cold War. The transformation of the Security Service -- Holy terror -- After 9/11 -- Conclusion: The first hundred years of the Security Service.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (1072 pages)
• Subjects: 327.1241; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General; Intelligence service; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage; British & Irish History; Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780718197445; 0718197445
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