Book Description
Winston Churchill omitted almost every reference to secret intelligence from his war memoirs. David Stafford fills that gap.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2007-09-20
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ISBN : 9780349121079
Winston Churchill omitted almost every reference to secret intelligence from his war memoirs. David Stafford fills that gap.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 2003-06
Category :
ISBN : 9784444414661
Author : David Stafford
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2001-05
Category :
ISBN : 9784444407496
Author : Nigel West
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0750987383
The Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a conflict unlike any that had gone before it. At this time, no one in government was really aware of what MI5 and its brethren did. But with Churchill at the country's helm, it was decided to let him in on the secret, providing him with a weekly report of the spy activities. These reports were so classified that he was handed each report personally and copies were never allowed to be made, nor was he allowed to keep hold of them. Even now, the documents only exist as physical copies deep in the archives, many pages annotated by hand by 'W.S.C.' himself. In Churchill's Spy Files intelligence expert Nigel West unravels the tales of hitherto unknown spy missions, using this groundbreaking research to paint a fresh picture of the worldwide intelligence scene of the Second World War.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher : Thistle Publishing
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Espionage, British
ISBN : 9781909609136
Uniquely among modern British statesmen, Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence both in peace and war. Shaped by his experiences as a war correspondent and soldier, he helped ensure the passing of the Official Secrets Act of 1911, and was the first Home Secretary to authorise general warrants for the secret interception of mail. As wartime Prime Minister he built a centralised intelligence community, created the Special Operations Executive to work behind enemy lines, and with Roosevelt built the transatlantic intelligence alliance that endures to this day. Based on wide-ranging sources, many never explored or only recently released, the book offers an intriguing insight into both modern intelligence and the mind and character of Churchill himself.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780879519261
Spans Winston Churchill's career, focusing on the war years and modern-day intelligence.
Author : Josephine Butler
Publisher :
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Spies
ISBN : 9780458985500
Author : Robin Denniston
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 34,79 MB
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0750979550
The key part played by Winston Churchill in shaping the course of the Second World War is still of great interest to historians worldwide. In the course of his research, Robin Denniston has uncovered previously unknown files of diplomatic intercepts which show that Churchill's role in British foreign policy and war planning was far more signficant than has hitherto been supposed. Although neither a commander-in-chief nor a head of state, he personally exerted considerable influence on British foreign policy to force Turkey into the Second World War on the side of the Allies. This ground-breaking book explores Churchill's use of secret signals intelligence before and during the Second World War and also sheds fresh light on Britain's relations with Turkey - a subject which has not received the attention it deserves. The book examines a little-known plan to open a second front in the Balkans, from Turkey across the eastern Mediterranean, designed to hasten D-Day in the west, and reveals new information on the 1943 Cicero spy scandal - the biggest Foreign Office security lapse until the Burgess and Maclean affair some twenty years later.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781839012648
'A fascinating narrative and a scholarly exegesis' - SUNDAY TIMES Uniquely among modern British statesmen, Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence both in peace and war. As a young correspondent and soldier in Cuba, India, Sudan and South Africa, he experienced its worth at first hand. Later, preoccupied by fears of German spying before World War I, he was a member of the Cabinet that established the Secret Service. Churchill helped ensure the passing of the Official Secrets Act of 1911, and was the first Home Secretary to authorise general warrants for the secret interception of mail. As wartime Prime Minister he built a centralised intelligence community, created the Special Operations Executive to work behind enemy lines, and with Roosevelt built the transatlantic intelligence alliance that endures to this day. Based on wide-ranging sources, many never explored or only recently released, Churchill and Secret Service offers an intriguing insight into both modern intelligence and the mind and character of Churchill himself.
Author : Evelyn Simak
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2015-07
Category : Special forces (Military science)
ISBN : 9780955879784