The Prime Minister was a Spy
Author | : Anthony Grey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Espionage, Chinese |
ISBN | : 9780340353851 |
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Author | : Anthony Grey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Espionage, Chinese |
ISBN | : 9780340353851 |
Author | : Anthony Grey |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : 9780297784432 |
Author | : Richard James Aldrich |
Publisher | : Collins |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780007555468 |
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. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert action is incorporated seamlessly into government policy, and the Prime Minister is kept constantly updated by intelligence agencies. But how did intelligence come to influence our government so completely? The Black Door explores the murkier corridors of No. 10 Downing Street, chronicling the relationships between intelligence agencies and the Prime Ministers of the last century. From Churchill s code-breakers feeding information to the Soviets to Eden s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, from Wilson s paranoia of an MI5-led coup d etat to Thatcher s covert wars in Central America, Aldrich and Cormac entertain and enlighten as they explain how our government came to rely on intelligence to the extent that it does today."
Author | : Richard Aldrich |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 831 |
Release | : 2016-04-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0007555458 |
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.
Author | : Michael Spicer |
Publisher | : Severn House Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1986-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780727813626 |
Tells the story of Rupert Higginson, Prime Minister of Great Britain, who has secret connections to both the KGB and Adolf Hitler
Author | : Ben Macintyre |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2018-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101904208 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. “The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Shortlisted for the Bailie Giffords Prize in Nonfiction If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.
Author | : David Leigh |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Tom Black |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2016-11-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781533389770 |
Harold Wilson dominated British politics for almost two decades. His political skill saw him make powerful enemies and bitter rivals, both inside the Labour Party and out. Conspiracy theorists, some in very high places, even circulated rumours that he was an agent of the Soviet Union. In reality, of course, there was not a shred of truth to these malicious claims. But what if there had been? In Agent Lavender, Harold Wilson flees Whitehall in the dead of night, with MI5 and the police soon in hot pursuit. Taking place in late 1975 in a Britain weary of trade union disputes and fearful of military coups, the Establishment must move quickly to restore order without appearing heavy-handed. But then again, the Prime Minister has just been outed as a communist spy... Part-historical epic, part-pulpy thriller, and featuring a cavalcade of 1970s public figures from Enoch Powell and Gerald Ford to Jack Jones and Michael Bentine, Agent Lavender takes readers into a maelstrom of intrigue, civil disobedience, satire, Cold War tensions, and downright farce. The winner of eight Turtledove Awards including Best Story, Best Cold War Timeline and multiple Best Character awards, this acclaimed alternate history novel blends politics with espionage and adds a sprinkle of the absurd.
Author | : Peter Whiteley |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1852851457 |
Lord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken twelve years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomised the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the eighteenth century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her American colonies. Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America is a scholarly but highly readable account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. Highmindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant overconfidence. Military defeat, to a country that had become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility.
Author | : Peter Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Espionage |
ISBN | : 9780855610982 |