The British Secret Services (INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SERIES) - Hardcover

-Wide-ranging in scope, [this] British volume contains 518 citations and begins with a lengthy historical introduction, followed by a glossary of acronyms and terms. The remainder of the volume is divided into 10 chapters beginning with the origins and evolution of the British intelligence system (in chapters covering 1580-1909, 1909-45, and 1945-95). Separate chapters cover the major organizations dealing with communications, codes and ciphers, and security intelligence. Chapters 10 (-Special Operations Executive-) and 11 (-Wartime Deception-) cover the WW II period.- --V. McHale, Choice "Wide-ranging in scope, [this] British volume contains 518 citations and begins with a lengthy historical introduction, followed by a glossary of acronyms and terms. The remainder of the volume is divided into 10 chapters beginning with the origins and evolution of the British intelligence system (in chapters covering 1580-1909, 1909-45, and 1945-95). Separate chapters cover the major organizations dealing with communications, codes and ciphers, and security intelligence. Chapters 10 ("Special Operations Executive") and 11 ("Wartime Deception") cover the WW II period." --V. McHale, Choice "Wide-ranging in scope, [this] British volume contains 518 citations and begins with a lengthy historical introduction, followed by a glossary of acronyms and terms. The remainder of the volume is divided into 10 chapters beginning with the origins and evolution of the British intelligence system (in chapters covering 1580-1909, 1909-45, and 1945-95). Separate chapters cover the major organizations dealing with communications, codes and ciphers, and security intelligence. Chapters 10 ("Special Operations Executive") and 11 ("Wartime Deception") cover the WW II period." --V. McHale, Choice