Books by Christopher Andrew
Secret Service
by Christopher Andrew
I still go back to this book, which was published in 1985. It is a real pioneering wonderful book underpinned by proper academic scholarship. But it is also a great read.
The Defence of the Realm
by Christopher Andrew
This is the compendious, brilliant, chest-crushing, 1,000-page authorised history of MI5. It’s authorised to the extent that Andrew was allowed access to all 400,000 MI5 files. There then began a debate with MI5 about what he was allowed to write. So it is a partial history; it cannot be the full history. Yet it contains astonishing stories, really remarkable insights into how MI5 was run.
Interviews where books by Christopher Andrew were recommended
The best books on Spies, recommended by Ben Macintyre
The British public-school system, with its hidden homosexuality and feelings of loneliness, encouraged subterfuge and led to a generation of great spy writers and spies, suggests author and journalist Ben Macintyre. He picks the best books on spies.
The best books on The Secret Service, recommended by Keith Jeffery
The author of the only authorized history of MI6, Keith Jeffery, tells us about the evolution of the secret intelligence services, their representation in fiction, and the man Fleming may have had in mind when he created James Bond
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Covert Action: Central Intelligence Agency and the Limits of American Intervention in the Post-War World
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Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
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MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949
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The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West
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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
by Ronen Bergman
The best books on Covert Action, recommended by Rory Cormac
The best books on Covert Action, recommended by Rory Cormac
Many of us live in democracies and believe in government transparency, but the truth is our leaders have considerable scope to engage in secret operations overseas. Rory Cormac talks us through five books on ‘covert action,’ and some of the countries that have embraced it as a policy tool.
