The secret world : behind the curtain of British intelligence in World War II and the Cold War / Hugh Trevor-Roper ; edited by Edward Harrison ; foreword by Sir Michael Howard.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xvii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-290) and index.
Contents:
1. Sideways into SIS -- 2. Admiral Canaris -- 3. The Philby Affair -- 4. Deception -- 5. Ultra -- 6. Percy Sillitoe and Dick White -- 7. Anthony Blunt -- 8. Michael Straight -- 9. Peter Wright -- 10. Otto John and Reinhard Gehlen.
Summary:
Annotation Hugh Trevor-Roper's experiences working for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during the war had a profound impact on him and he later observed the world of intelligence with particular sharpness. To him, the subject of wartime espionage was as worthy of profound investigation and reflection as events from the more distant past. Expressing his observations through some of his most ironic and entertaining prose, Trevor-Roper wrote with a freedom he could not express publicly due to the Official Secrets Act. Based on previously unpublished material - including an extraordinary and previously-unseen correspondence with the exiled spy Kim Philby - this is a first-hand account of the intelligence world in World War II and its aftermath.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.