A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood.
Geschiedenis van de Britse InlichtingendienstReeks
Deze serie duikt in de boeiende wereld van de Britse inlichtingendiensten, en volgt hun evolutie van de oprichting tot hedendaagse operaties. Het onderzoekt sleutelfiguren, clandestiene missies en de ethische dilemma's die inlichtingendiensten hebben gevormd. Het biedt een meeslepende kijk op de geschiedenis van de spionage, waarbij verborgen strategieën en de menselijke verhalen erachter worden onthuld. Dit is essentieel leesvoer voor iedereen die geïntrigeerd is door de schimmige wereld van spionnen en hun impact op wereldgebeurtenissen.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
Using recently opened archives, this book provides new insights into the history of the British intelligence community and helps explain Anglo-Irish relations during a time of momentous change. The lessons it draws still echo today, as Britain contends with the threat posed by violent militants, whether from Ireland or further afield.
The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity of the British in the pre-Second World War era focused on immediate threats posed by subversive, clandestine networks against a backdrop of shifting great power politics.
The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies rubbed shoulders with British artists, sculptors and writers
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The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies rubbed shoulders with British artists, sculptors and writers