Defend the realm : the authorized history of MI5 / Christopher Andrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrew, Christopher M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. MI5--History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. MI5.

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History.

Intelligence service.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 1032 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Defence of the realm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2009]

Summary:

"Defend the Realm" reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-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 and counterterrorism.

Contents:

Section A The German Threat, 1909-1919

Introduction: The Origins of the Secret Service Bureau 3

1 'Spies of the Kaiser': Counter-Espionage before the First World War 29

2 The First World War: Part 1 - The Failure of German Espionage 53

3 The First World War: Part 2 - The Rise of Counter-Subversion 84

Section B Between the Wars

Introduction: MI₅ and its Staff - Survival and Revival 113

1 The Red Menace in the 1920s 139

2 The Red Menace in the 1930s 160

3 British Fascism and the Nazi Threat 186

Section C The Second World War

Introduction: The Security Service and its Wartime Staff: 'From Prison to Palace' 217

1 Deception 241

2 Soviet Penetration and the Communist Party 263

3 Victory 283

Section D The Early Cold War

Introduction: The Security Service and its Staff in the Early Cold War 321

1 Counter-Espionage and Soviet Penetration: Igor Gouzenko and Kim Philby 341

2 Zionist Extremists and Counter-Terrorism 352

3 VENONA and the Special Relationships with the United States and Australia 367

4 Vetting, Atom Spies and Protective Security 382

5 The Communist Party of Great Britain, the Trade Unions and the Labour Party 400

6 The Hunt for the 'Magnificent Five' 420

7 The End of Empire: Part 1 442

8 The End of Empire: Part 2 462

9 The Macmillan Government: Spy Scandals and the Profumo Affair 483

10 FLUENCY: Paranoid Tendencies 503

11 The Wilson Government 1964-1970: Security, Subversion and 'Wiggery-Pokery' 522

Section E The Later Cold War

Introduction: The Security Service and its Staff in the Later Cold War 547

1 Operation FOOT and Counter-Espionage in the 1970s 565

2 The Heath Government and Subversion 587

3 Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security in the Early 1970s 600

4 The 'Wilson Plot' 627

5 Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security in the Later 1970s 644

6 The Callaghan Government and Subversion 656

7 The Thatcher Government and Subversion 670

8 Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security in the Early 1980s 683

9 Counter-Espionage in the Last Decade of the Cold War 706

10 Counter-Terrorism and Protective Security in the Later 1980s 734

11 The Origins of the Security Service Act 753

Section F After the Cold "War

1 The Transformation of the Security Service 771

2 Holy Terror 799

3 After 9/11 813.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."--T.p. verso.

Originally published: The defence of the realm. London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780307263636

0307263630

OCLC:

299707542