GCHQ [electronic resource] : ePub edition
Aldrich, Richard2010
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During the war, it commanded more staff than MI5 and MI6 combined and has produced a number of intelligence triumphs as well as some notable failures. Since the end of the Cold War, it has played a pivotal role in shaping Britain's secret state. Still, we know almost nothing about it. In this ground-breaking book, Richard J. Aldrich traces GCHQ's evolvement from a wartime code breaking operation based in the Bedfordshire countryside to one of the world's leading espionage organisations. Focusing in part on GCHQ's remarkably intimate relationship with its American partner, the National Security Agency (NSA), Aldrich also examines both the impact of the Second World War on GCHQ and the breakthroughs made after the war was over. Today's GCHQ struggles with some of the most difficult issues of our time. A leading force of the state's security efforts against militant terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda, they are also involved in fundamental issues that will mould the future of British society. Compelling and revelatory, Aldrich’s book is espionage writing of the utmost importance. Praise for ‘The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence’:‘Riveting, and essential reading not only for intelligence specialists but for everyone interested in the Cold War and in British-American relations. ’ Christopher Andrew‘A triumph of assiduous research and cogent analysis. ’ Sunday Telegraph‘Aldrich's meticulously factual account of British and American spookery… is hugely impressive. ’ John Booth, Tribune‘A truly brilliant book… this is intelligence for adults, and all the more enthralling for it. ’ George Walden, Evening Standard
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[Place of publication not identified] : HarperPress, 2010
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9780007357123
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English
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2774862