BRITISH INTELLIGENCE

Jacket blurbs

OVER THE LAST DECADE, thousands of intelligence files have been released to the National Archives in Kew. British Intelligence draws upon these once-secret records to tell the real story of Britain's security services, from their beginnings in the i9th century
to the challenges facing agents of today.

It shows how spies of the past grappled with terrorism and treachery, secret ciphers and unknown weapons, and how intelligence organizations have continually responded to new dangers and demands.

Written by intelligence experts and covering all Britain's major agencies, this fascinating account includes the latest releases from MI5. Voices of real spies and spymasters reveal individual bravery and betrayal, wartime crises, developments in science and technology and the scramble for resources that led to many inter-agency feuds. Colourful episodes of intelligence history—both famous and less well known—highlight some of Britain's greatest successes and failures, as well as the motives and machinations of those in charge of Britan's intelligence networks. A detailed guide to sources concludes the compelling narrative, enabling readers to explore the remarkable records for themselves.

As recent events bring the intelligence profession back into the spotlight, British Intelligence offers a unique insight into its shadowy, volatile world.

The authors

DR STEPHEN TWIGGE is a Senior Historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was formerly Head of Academic Studies at the National Archives, Kew and Research Associate at the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has lectured on intelligence courses at the University of Salford and is a member of the Study Group on Intelligence and an Honourary Research Fellow of University College, London.
Stephen Twigge received his Doctorate from the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester. He is the author of a number of books and articles on nuclear history and international relations including Avoiding Armageddon: Europe, the United States and the Struggle for Nuclear Non-Proliferation 1945-70 (Praeger, 2004 ) and Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces 1945-1964 (Routledge, 2001 ).

EDWARD HAMPSHIRE is a Collections Adviser at the National Archives specializing in naval, diplomatic and contemporary records. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and King's College, London and is currently completing a Doctorate
on British naval policy in the 196os. He is currently editing a volume on the origins of NATO for Documents on British Policy Overseas, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's official history series.

DR GRAHAM MACKLIN is currently Early Career Fellow for the Leverhulme Trust in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Teesside, and a former Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. At the National Archives he managed the Freedom of Information Research Service and the Research Enquiries Room, and he has also taught in the Politics and International Studies Department of the University of Warwick.
Graham Macklin is the author of 'Very Deeply Dyed in Black': Oswald Mosley and Post-war British Fascism ( I.B.Tauris, 2007 ) and Chamberlain (Haus Publishing, 2006).

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