TITLE:
The defence of the realm : the authorized history of MI5 / Christopher Andrew.
Alternate Title:
Authorized history of MI5
History of MI5
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf,
Physical Description:
1004 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. p. [989]-1004) and index.
Summary:
To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780713998856
General Note:
Map on lining papers.
