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BL
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1031539
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b785909
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| Uniform Title
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Defence of the realm
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| Main Entry
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Andrew, Christopher M.
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| Title & Author
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Defend the realm : : the authorized history of MI5 /\ Christopher Andrew.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Vintage books ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books,, 2010.
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xxiii, 1044 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0307275817
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: 9780307275813
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| Notes
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Originally published in Great Britain as The defence of the realm: the authorized history of MI5 by Allen Lane, Penguin Books, Ltd., London, and subsequently published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in 2009.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 1003-1018) and index.
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| Contents
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Section A. The German threat, 1909-1919. Introduction: the origins of the Secret Service Bureau -- 'Spies of the Kaiser': counter-espionage before the First World War -- The First World War: part 1-The failure of German espionage -- The First World War: part 2- The rise of counter-subversion -- Section B. Between the wars. Introduction: MI5 and its staff- survival and revival -- The Red Menace in the 1920s -- The Red Menace in the 1930s -- British fascism and the Nazi threat -- Section C. The Second World War. Introduction: The Security Service and its wartime staff: 'From prison to palace' -- Deception -- Soviet penetration and the Communist Party -- Victory -- Section D. The early Cold War. Introduction: The Security Service and its staff in the early Cold War -- Counter-espionage and Soviet penetration: Igor Gouzenko and Kim Philby -- Zionist extremists and counter-terrorism -- VENONA and the special relationships with the United States and Australia -- Vetting, atom spies and protective security -- The communist party of Great Britain, the trade unions and the Labour Party -- The hunt for the 'magnificent five' -- The end of empire: part 1 -- The end of empire: part 2 -- The Macmillan government: spy scandals and the Profumo affair -- FLUENCY: paranoid tendencies -- The Wilson government 1964 -1970: security, subversion and 'Wiggery-Pokery'
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Section E. The later Cold War. Introduction: The Security Service and its staff in the later Cold War -- Operation FOOT and counter-espionage in the 1970s -- The Heath government and subversion -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the early 1970s -- The 'Wilson Plot' -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the later 1970s -- The Callaghan government and subversion -- The Thatcher government and subversion -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the early 1980s -- Counter-espionage in the last decade of the Cold War -- Counter-terrorism and protective security in the later 1980s -- The origins of the Security Service Act -- Section F. After the Cold War. The transformation of the Security Service -- Holy terror -- After 9/11 -- Conclusion: The first hundred years of the Security Service.
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"Defend the Realm" reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909, through two world wars, up to and including its present roles in counterespionage and counterterrorism.
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Great Britain.-- History.
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Great Britain.
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Intelligence service-- Great Britain-- History.
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Intelligence service.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.1241
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| LC Classification
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JN329.I6A525 2010
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