PublishedHarper Collins, March 2013 |
ISBN9780007457953 |
FormatSoftcover, 448 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm × 3.4cm |
A brilliant exploration of the role of the intelligence services at the end of Britain's empire. Against the background of the Cold War, and the looming spectre of Soviet-sponsored subversion in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions, the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but top secret role in passing power to newly independent national states across the globe.