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Mi5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945: The True Story of the Most Secret Counter-Espionage Organisation in the World
Nigel West's book traces the history of MI5 clearly and accurately from its modest beginnings in 1909 until 1945, with the main part of the book focusing upon the important role which MI5 played in the Second World War. This includes the story of the sixteen enemy agents who were rounded up in Britain who were either hanged or shot; the manipulation of the Axis espionage networks by the use of 'turned' Abwehr agents (the famous Double Cross System), and the all-important check on its success provided by the intercepted German signals so brilliantly decoded at Bletchley; and the various deceptions practiced on the German High Command.
The book, which is laced with true anecdotes as bizarre and compulsively readable as any novel, is the fruit of years of painstaking research in the course of which Nigel West has traced and interviewed more than a hundred people who figure prominently in the story: German and Soviet agents, counterintelligence officers and, most remarkably, more than a dozen of the double agents.
In this new and revised edition, Nigel West details the organizational charts which show the structure of the wartime security apparatus, in what is regarded as the most accurate and informative account ever written of MI5 before and during the Second World War.
Book Details
- Publisher: Frontline Books
- Publish Date: Sep 16th, 2019
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.40in - 9.10in - 0.90in - 1.60lb
- EAN: 9781526755704
- Categories: • Modern - 20th Century - General• Military - Special Forces• Europe - Great Britain - General
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MI5’s anti-communist activities in the interwar years are detailed in The Secret War Between the Wars: MI5 in the 1920s and 1930s by Kevin Quinlan Mask: MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain by Nigel West The Secret Twenties by Timothy Phillips https://t.co/8vN9rT4y1m
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#MI5 is the internal investigation body in UK and #MI6 is the external one. Mi5 releases their files regularly if u write in to them. Its a great way to recruit and tell their story. @BenMacintyre1 in conversation with @DalrympleWill #JLFSONEVAFUSHI @JLFLitfest @soneva https://t.co/TYtvDOzFvJ
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Same book different titles. US and UK editions published in 1982 and 1983 by Nigel West. Which is your favourite cover? #MI5 #spybrary #NigelWest https://t.co/bzF3CsLfH3
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News, scholarship, publications, activism, & anti-disinformation for anti-fascists. Also @ffrafaction.bsky.social https://t.co/eTva5eWlVa
MI5’s anti-communist activities in the interwar years are detailed in The Secret War Between the Wars: MI5 in the 1920s and 1930s by Kevin Quinlan Mask: MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain by Nigel West The Secret Twenties by Timothy Phillips https://t.co/8vN9rT4y1m
Creative & Cultural sector, knowledge and content development | Opinions = personal, RTs ≠ endorsements
#MI5 is the internal investigation body in UK and #MI6 is the external one. Mi5 releases their files regularly if u write in to them. Its a great way to recruit and tell their story. @BenMacintyre1 in conversation with @DalrympleWill #JLFSONEVAFUSHI @JLFLitfest @soneva https://t.co/TYtvDOzFvJ