A fascinating read. A great book to read and learn about 100 years of MI5 and MI6 and much more
David Dastych, former senior CIA intelligence officer
Meticulously researched, it is packed with the right quote, the correct assumption, the balanced judgement
Facta, Japans leading monthly news magazine
Rollicking, readable new history of Britains famous spy organisation
Los Angeles Times
An authoritative history of the spy services by a writer who has been writing on the great game for fifty years. A well-written page turner
Kirkus Reviews
Explosive Revelations
Irish Mail on Sunday
Gordon Thomas has built an enviable network of contacts over the years and in this book they have spilt the beans on a number of special jobs. Quite fascinating
The journal of the Institute of Journalists
Thomas brings to the agencies histories a high level of expertise, a fluent style accessible to lay reader and expert alike, and a combination of frankness and balance about some of his subjects less glorious chapters
Booklist
Also by Gordon Thomas
NONFICTION
Descent into Danger
Bed of Nails
Physician Extraordinary
Heroes of the R.A.F.
They Got Back
Miracle of Surgery
The National Health Service and You
Thames Number One
Midnight Traders
The Parents Home Doctor
(with Ian D. Hudson, Vincent Pippet)
Turn by the Window
(with Ronald Hutchinson)
Issels: The Biography of a Doctor
The Day the World Ended
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Earthquake
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Shipwreck
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Voyage of the Damned
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
The Day Guernica Died
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Enola Gay/Ruin from the Air
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
The Day the Bubble Burst
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Trauma
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
Pontiff
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
The Year of Armageddon
(with Max Morgan-Witts)
The Operation
Desire and Denial
The Jesus Conspiracy
Journey into Madness
Enslaved
Chaos Under Heaven
Trespass into Temptation
Gideons Spies
Magdalene: Woman of the Cross/The 13th Disciple
Seeds of Fire
The Assassination of Robert Maxwell: Israels Super Spy
(with Martin Dillon)
The Secret Armies of the CIA
Secrets and Lies
FICTION
The Camp on Blood Island
Torpedo Run
Deadly Perfume
Godless Icon
Voices in the Silence
Organ Hunters
Poisoned Sky
SCREENPLAYS
Emmett
(with Gordon Parry)
Enslaved
Organ Hunters
The Jesus Conspiracy
Chaos Under Heaven
Mambo
Underpass
Desire and Denial
Doctor of Hope
Citizen Maxwell
The Hostage
Tiananmen
Connections (with Declan White)
To Edith
Her love, patience, and understanding reminded me each day that writing this book was all that much easier
MI5: Founded August 1, 1909
19091940 | Major General Sir Vernon Kell |
19401941 | Brigadier Oswald Allen Jasper Harker [acting] |
19411946 | Sir David Petrie |
19461953 | Sir Percy Sillitoe |
19531956 | Sir Dick White |
19561965 | Sir Roger Hollis |
19651972 | Sir Martin Furnival Jones |
19721978 | Sir Michael Hanley |
19781981 | Sir Howard Smith |
19811985 | Sir John Lewis Jones |
19851987 | Sir Antony Duff |
19871992 | Sir Patrick Walker |
19921996 | Dame Stella Rimington |
19962002 | Sir Stephen Lander |
20022007 | Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller |
2007 | Jonathan Evans |
MI6: Founded August 1, 1909
19091923 | Captain Sir Mansfield Smith Cumming |
19231939 | Admiral Sir Hugh Quex Sinclair |
19391952 | Major General Sir Stewart Menzies |
19521956 | Major General Sir John Sinclair |
19561968 | Sir Dick White |
19681973 | Sir John Rennie |
19731978 | Sir Maurice Oldfield |
19781981 | Sir Arthur Dickie Temple Franks |
19811985 | Sir Colin Frederick Figures |
19851989 | Sir Christopher Curwen |
19891994 | Sir Colin McColl |
19941999 | Sir David Spedding |
19992004 | Sir Richard Dearlove |
20042009 | Sir John McLeod Scarlett |
2009 | Sir John Sawers |
GCHQ: Founded January 1, 1946
19461952 | Sir Edward Travis |
19521960 | Sir Eric Jones |
19601965 | Sir Clive Loehnis |
19651973 | Sir Leonard Hooper |
19731978 | Sir Arthur Bonsall |
19781983 | Sir Brian Tovey |
19831989 | Sir Peter Marychurch |
19891996 | Sir John Adye |
19961997 | Sir David Omand |
1998 | Sir Kevin Tebbit |
19982003 | Sir Francis Richards |
2003 | Sir David Pepper |
AFI | Syrian air force intelligence, Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiya |
AFS | Syrian air force security service |
AIVD | General Intelligence and Security Service (Netherlands) |
Alec Station | A virtual station within the CIA Counter-Terrorism Center focusing on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda |
Aman | Israeli military intelligence service |
ANA | Arab News Agency |
ANC | African National Congress (South Africa) |
ASIS | Australian Secret Intelligence Service (foreign) |
BKA | Bundeskriminalamt, German internal security service |
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