Isbn: 9781849540971 - six: the real james bonds 1909-1939: a history of britain's secret intelligence service (26 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Paperback edition of the first part of acclaimed author Mick Smith's epic, completely unauthorised history of Britain's external intelligence community.

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Paperback edition of the first part of acclaimed author Mick Smith's epic, completely unauthorised history of Britain's external intelligence community.

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals for the first time how the playwright and MI6 agent Harley Granville Barker bribed the Daily News to keep Arthur Ransome in Russia, and the real reason Paul Dukes returned there. It shows development of tradecraftA" and the great personal risk officers and their agents took, far from home and unprotected. In Salonika, for example, Lieutenant Norman Dewhurst realised it was time to leave when he opened his door to find one of his agents hanging dismembered in a sack. This first part of Six takes us up to the eve of the conflict, using hundreds of previously unreleased files and interviews with key players to show how one of the world's most secretive of secret agencies originated and developed into something like the MI6 we know today. The second part, published in Spring 2012, will tell the story from the outbreak of World War Two to the present.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals for the first time how the playwright and MI6 agent Harley Granville Barker bribed the Daily News to keep Arthur Ransome in Russia, and the real reason Paul Dukes returned there. It shows development of tradecraftA" and the great personal risk officers and their agents took, far from home and unprotected. In Salonika, for example, Lieutenant Norman Dewhurst realised it was time to leave when he opened his door to find one of his agents hanging dismembered in a sack. This first part of Six takes us up to the eve of the conflict, using hundreds of previously unreleased files and interviews with key players to show how one of the world's most secretive of secret agencies originated and developed into something like the MI6 we know today. The second part, published in Spring 2012, will tell the story from the outbreak of World War Two to the present. Paperback edition of the first part of acclaimed author Mick Smith's epic, completely unauthorised history of Britain's external intelligence community Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Six: The Real James Bonds 1909â"1939, by Michael Smith, explores the formative decades of Britainâs Secret Intelligence Service through the real operatives whose work later fed the mythology of James Bond. Smith profiles six early SIS officers and uses newly released archival material to show how they operated in Europe before the First World War, improvised espionage methods during the conflict itself, and navigated the unstable politics of the interwar years. Their missions reveal a service still defining its purpose, culture and techniques, often relying on personal nerve rather than established procedure. A brisk, revealing history that brings to life the men who built the foundations of modern British intelligence.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals for the first time how the playwright and MI6 agent Harley Granville Barker bribed the Daily News to keep Arthur Ransome in Russia, and the real reason Paul Dukes returned there. It shows development of tradecraftA" and the great personal risk officers and their agents took, far from home and unprotected. In Salonika, for example, Lieutenant Norman Dewhurst realised it was time to leave when he opened his door to find one of his agents hanging dismembered in a sack. This first part of Six takes us up to the eve of the conflict, using hundreds of previously unreleased files and interviews with key players to show how one of the world's most secretive of secret agencies originated and developed into something like the MI6 we know today. The second part, published in Spring 2012, will tell the story from the outbreak of World War Two to the present. Paperback edition of the first part of acclaimed author Mick Smith's epic, completely unauthorised history of Britain's external intelligence community Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals for the first time how the playwright and MI6 agent Harley Granville Barker bribed the Daily News to keep Arthur Ransome in Russia, and the real reason Paul Dukes returned there. It shows development of tradecraftA" and the great personal risk officers and their agents took, far from home and unprotected. In Salonika, for example, Lieutenant Norman Dewhurst realised it was time to leave when he opened his door to find one of his agents hanging dismembered in a sack. This first part of Six takes us up to the eve of the conflict, using hundreds of previously unreleased files and interviews with key players to show how one of the world's most secretive of secret agencies originated and developed into something like the MI6 we know today. The second part, published in Spring 2012, will tell the story from the outbreak of World War Two to the present.…

Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorMichael Smith is a former military intelligence officer and awardwinning journalist and author. He lives in Oxfordshire.KlappentextrnrnPaperback edition of the first part of acclaimed author Mick Sm.