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Secret Wars: One Hundred Years of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6

di Gordon Thomas

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Gordon Thomas has established himself as a leading expert on the intelligence community. He returns here on the one hundredth anniversaries of Britain's Security and Secret Intelligence Services to provide the definitive history of the famed MI5 and MI6.These agencies rank as two of the oldest and most powerful in the world, and Thomas's wide-sweeping history chronicles a century of both triumphs and failures.  He recounts the roles that British intelligence played in the Allied victory in World War II; the postwar treachery of Great Britain's own agents; the defection of Soviet agents and the intricate process of "handling" them; the often frigid relationship that both agencies have had with the CIA, European spy services, and the Mossad; the cooperation between the British and Americans in the search for Osama bin Laden; and the ways in which MI5 and MI6 have fought biological warfare espionage and space terrorism.All told, this is the story of two agencies led by men - and women - who are enigmatic, eccentric, and controversial, and who ruthlessly control their spies. Based on prodigious research and interviews with significant players from inside the British intelligence community, this is a rich and even delicious history packed with intrigue and information that only the author could have attained. … (altro)
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Gordon Thomas is een toonaangevende specialist op het gebied van de geheime diensten. Ter gelegenheid van de honderdste verjaardag van de Britse geheime dienst verschijnt nu van zijn hand het definitieve standaardwerk over de MI5 en MI6.

Geheime oorlogen beslaat een eeuw van triomfen en mislukkingen van een van de oudste en machtigste geheime diensten ter wereld. Thomas vertelt over de Britse geheime dienst tijdens de nadagen van het Britse wereldrijk; over hun rol in de overwinning van de geallieerden tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog; het naoorlogse verraad van sommige agenten; het overlopen van Sovjetagenten en het ingewikkelde proces om ze 'in te pakken'; de vaak slechte relatie van de Britse geheime dienst met de CIA, Europese geheime diensten en de Mossad; de samenwerking tussen de Britten en de Amerikanen tijdens de zoektocht naar Osama bin Laden; en de manier waarop MI5 en MI6 omgaan met spionage tijdens biologische oorlogsvoering en ruimtespionage.

Zoals gezegd, het boek is het verhaal van een dienst, die geleid wordt door mannen – en vrouwen – die geheimzinnig zijn, excentriek en controversieel, en die genadeloos over hun spionnen heersen. Gebaseerd op indrukwekkend onderzoek en interviews met belangrijke spelers, leest het als een spannende James Bond, vol met intriges en informatie die alleen deze auteur bij elkaar heeft weten te krijgen.
  Langshan | Dec 9, 2019 |
This book was an excellent overview of the Secret Services in Britain, the U.S. and to a lesser extent Israel. Clear and concise, the author was unbiased as a human being can be, the report factual instead of emotionally or politically charged. Definitely worth the read. ( )
  steadfastreader | Mar 18, 2014 |
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Gordon Thomas has established himself as a leading expert on the intelligence community. He returns here on the one hundredth anniversaries of Britain's Security and Secret Intelligence Services to provide the definitive history of the famed MI5 and MI6.These agencies rank as two of the oldest and most powerful in the world, and Thomas's wide-sweeping history chronicles a century of both triumphs and failures.  He recounts the roles that British intelligence played in the Allied victory in World War II; the postwar treachery of Great Britain's own agents; the defection of Soviet agents and the intricate process of "handling" them; the often frigid relationship that both agencies have had with the CIA, European spy services, and the Mossad; the cooperation between the British and Americans in the search for Osama bin Laden; and the ways in which MI5 and MI6 have fought biological warfare espionage and space terrorism.All told, this is the story of two agencies led by men - and women - who are enigmatic, eccentric, and controversial, and who ruthlessly control their spies. Based on prodigious research and interviews with significant players from inside the British intelligence community, this is a rich and even delicious history packed with intrigue and information that only the author could have attained. 

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