Hugh Trevor-Roper

The Secret World (eBook, PDF)

Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War
Redaktion: Harrison, E. D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

During World War II, Britain enjoyed spectacular success in the secret war between hostile intelligence services, enabling a substantial and successful expansion of British counter-espionage which continued to grow in the Cold War era. Hugh Trevor-Roper's experiences working in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during the war left a profound impression on him and he later observed the world of intelligence with particular discernment. To Trevor-Roper, who was always interested in the historical dimension of the present and was fully alive to the historical significance of the era in which he lived, the subjects of wartime intelligence and the complex espionage networks that developed in the Cold War period were as worthy of profound investigation and reflection as events from the more-distant past. Expressing his observations through some of his most ironic and entertaining correspondence, articles and reviews, Trevor-Roper wrote vividly about some of the greatest intelligence characters of the age - from Kim Philby and Michael Straight to the Germans Admiral Canaris and Otto John.
The coherence, depth and historical vision which unites these writings can only be glimpsed when they are brought together from the scattered publications in which they appeared, and when read beside his unpublished, private reflections. The Secret World unites Trevor-Roper's writings on the subject of intelligence - including the full text of The Philby Affair and some of his personal letters to leading figures. Based on original material and extensive supplementary research by E.D.R Harrison, this book is a sharp, revealing and personal first-hand account of the intelligence world in World War II and the Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857724472
• Artikelnr.: 59431182

Autorenporträt

Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK for over twenty years, a member of the House of Lords from 1979 and Master of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, UK 1980-87. His historical interests included England during the 17th century civil wars, the history of ideas during the Renaissance and Enlightenment, 20th-century espionage and treason, and Hitler's Germany. Trevor-Roper was a senior wartime Intelligence officer, and retained his links with the security services until the 1970s. He also travelled widely overseas as a highly regarded special correspondent for the Sunday Times.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Foreword by Sir Michael Howard Abbreviations and
Glossary Editor's Preface Editor's Introduction: Hugh Trevor-Roper's Secret
War 1. Sideways into SIS 2. Admiral Canaris 3. The Philby Affair 4.
Deception 5. Ultra 6. Percy Sillitoe and Dick White 7. Antony Blunt 8.
Michael Straight 9. Peter Wright 10. Otto John and Reinhard Gehlen Appendix
1: Correspondence with Patrick Reilly Appendix 2: Charles Stuart on Kim
Philby Editor's Notes Bibliography Index