Secret History: Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services

by Simon Ball

Book Overview

As John le Carr 's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal "after action" assessments of intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and original perspective on the emergence of British intelligence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228000823
• ISBN13: 9780228000822
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"