MI5 In The Great War

MI5 In The Great War

by NigelWest (Author)

Synopsis

In 1921, MI5 commissioned a comprehensive, top-secret review of the organisation's operations during the First World War. Never intended for circulation outside of the government, all seven volumes of this fascinating and unique document remained locked away in MI5's registry - until now. Recently declassified and published here for the first time, MI5 in the Great War is filled with detailed, and previously undisclosed, accounts centring on the Security Service's activities during the conflict. The main narrative examines MI5's various attempts to both manage and detect double agents; the detection and execution of enemy spies; its study of German pre-war espionage; and the Kaiser's personal network of spies seeking to infiltrate British intelligence. Coinciding with the centenary of the start of the Great War, this historically significant document has been edited and brought up to date by bestselling writer and historian Nigel West, providing an extraordinary insight into the early years of MI5 and its first counterintelligence operations.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 31 Jul 2014

ISBN 10: 1849546703
ISBN 13: 9781849546706

Media Reviews
A fascinating and authoritative account of the early days of modern espionage - there is material here for a dozen thrillers. Robert Harris Once again our foremost chronicler of MI5, Nigel West, has pulled off another literary coup in a career full of them. Just in time for the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War, West proves beyond doubt both that German Intelligence mounted a massive intelligence operation in Britain, and that MI5 responded with impressive efficiency and on occasion ruthlessness - Fascinating and invaluable.' Andrew Roberts 'This edited account of MI5's bureaucratic structure and investigatory strategies is fascinating.' The Times [T]his precis is just the ticket, and has the feel of a fictional adventure. The Independent Nigel West makes full use of declassified documents and letters to reveal the full scope of this second front, and transforms the complex ups and downs of espionage into a gripping tale of subterfuge that stretches across the globe. Good Book Guide Overall this is a fascinating read. Britain at War
Author Bio
NIGEL WEST is a military historian specialising in security and intelligence topics. He was voted 'the experts' expert' by a panel of other spy writers in The Observer in November 1989, and the Sunday Times has commented: 'His information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West's sources are undoubtedly excellent. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.' He is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence and Global War Studies and, for the past three years, he has chaired the panel of judges for the annual St Ermin's Intelligence Book of the Year award. He is also the recipient of the US Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award.