The first comprehensive history of the UK government overseas intelligence service, MI6, by an acknowledged expert and author of the highly acclaimed Smear! Epitomised in the public imagination by James Bond, MI6's svelte and glamorous image has been peeled away by Dorril's searching investigations to reveal a less savoury truth. Here is the story of MI6's recruitment operation after WW2 of former Nazis; anticommunist guerrilla campaigns in the Ukraine and the Baltic States; Operation Stalin which led to mass arrests and executions ordered by Stalin; the European terrorist network 'Gladio'; tunnels built in Vienna and Berlin known as operation 'Gold and Silver';and many other little-known operations. The dealings of George Blake, Oleg Penkowsky, Kim Philby and Maurice Oldfield, among others, are also fully explained, as are the many tensions that have existed and to some extent still exist between MI6 and its sister intelligence organisations especially in contentious territories such as Ireland. Post Cold War, Dorril discusses what role, if any, MI6 will have in the future.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'A fascinating, highly readable and weighty addition to the small number of worthwhile books about Britain's secret intelligence service.' DAILY MAIL 'A corking read which I urge you to buy while you can!A refreshing antidote to officially sanctioned and self-serving accounts. This book will not be welcomed by MI6.' OBSERVER 'Fascinating!an excellent account of MI6.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-00-729167-0 (9780007291670)
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Stephen Dorril has worked on Lobster, the journal devoted to the activities of the intelligence agencies. He is the author of Smear and a book about MI5, The Silent Conspiracy, and with Anthony Summers, Honey Trap, about the Profumo affair.
