Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
- ISBN-10
- 0307263630
- ISBN-13
- 9780307263636
- Category
- Intelligence service
- Pages
- 1032
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Knopf Publishing Group
- Author
- Christopher M. Andrew
Description
To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in 20th-century British history, from its foundation in 1909 to its present roles in counterespionage and counter terrorism.
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