MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949This title provides a history of the Secret Intelligence Service, written with full and unrestricted access to the closed archives of the Service for the period 1909-1949. |
Contents
The beginnings of the Service | 3 |
Status organisation and expertise | 39 |
Operations in the West | 68 |
Working further afield | 98 |
The emergence of SIS | 141 |
From Boche to Bolsheviks | 172 |
Domestic matters | 209 |
Existing on a shoestring | 245 |
The tide turns | 475 |
From Switzerland to Normandy | 507 |
Victory in Europe | 542 |
Asia and the end of the war | 573 |
Postwar planning | 596 |
FROM HOT WAR TO COLD | 617 |
Adjusting to peace | 619 |
Deployment and operations in Europe | 649 |
Other editions - View all
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949 Keith Jeffery No preview available - 2011 |
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 Keith Jeffery No preview available - 2010 |
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