MI5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945: The True Story of the Most Secret counter-espionage...

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Nigel West

MI5

British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945: The True Story of the Most Secret counter-espionage...

Nigel West

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Frontline
01 September 2019

History; Espionage & secret services

MI5 is arguably the most secret and misunderstood of all the British government departments. Its enigmatic title much more than its proper name, the Security Service stands in the public mind for the dark world of the secret services in general. In reality it has a very specific brief: counter-intelligence. Its object is to combat espionage and subversion directed against the UK. Nigel West s book traces the history of MI5 clearly and accurately from its modest beginnings in 1909 until 1945, with the main part of the book focussing upon the important role which MI5 played in the Second World War. This includes the story of the sixteen enemy agents who were rounded up in Britain who were either hanged or shot; the manipulation of the Axis espionage networks by the use of turned Abwehr agents (the famous Double Cross System), and the all-important check on its success provided by the intercepted German signals so brilliantly decoded at Bletchley; and the various deceptions practised on the German High Command. The book, which is laced with true anecdotes as bizarre and compulsively readable as any novel, is the fruit of years of painstaking research in the course of which Nigel West has traced and interviewed more than a hundred people who figure prominently in the story: German and Soviet agents, counter-intelligence officers and, most remarkably, more than a dozen of the double agents. In this new and revised edition, Nigel West details the organisational charts which show the structure of the wartime security apparatus, in what is regarded as the most accurate and informative account ever written of MI5 before and during the Second World War.

AUTHOR: Nigel West is an intelligence expert and critically-acclaimed author. Such is his depth of knowledge in these fields that The Sunday Times noted that, 'His information is often so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories. In 1989 Nigel was voted 'The Experts' Expert' by The Observer.

By: Nigel West
Imprint: Frontline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781526755704
ISBN 10: 152675570X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Nigel West is an intelligence expert and critically-acclaimed author. Such is his depth of knowledge in these fields that _The Sunday Times_ noted that, 'His information is often so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.' In 1989 Nigel was voted 'The Experts' Expert' by _The Observer_.

Reviews for MI5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945: The True Story of the Most Secret counter-espionage Organisation in the World

Nigel's West's account of the early history of MI5 provides as clear a picture of the security service as has been written to date. -- International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence