Spooks

Volume 3

Thomas Hennessey, Claire Thomas

380 pages, parution le 01/01/2011

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Résumé

'PO Box 500, London W2'; the nondescript address from behind which one of the world's most famous Secret Services hid: MI5. This book, based on previously secret sources, lifts the lid on Britain's Security Service.

The authors look in detail at MI5's role in the post-Cold War world; in particular, they consider its changing role as it took on the main responsibility in countering terrorist threats to Britain. Controversy has never been far away during MI5's battle against the IRA, which included sending deep penetration agents into the heart of Northern Ireland's terrorist organisations. And in the twenty-first century, MI5 has had to face the deadliest terrorist threat of all - from Al Qaeda. The book looks at MI5's attempts to prevent mass murder on the streets of Britain, including the failure to stop the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005.

L'auteur - Thomas Hennessey

Thomas Hennessey is Reader in History at Canterbury Christ Church University. He was an adviser to the award-winning BBC TV documentary Endgame in Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He lives in London and Canterbury.

L'auteur - Claire Thomas

Claire Thomas is a historian who specialises in the early years of the Cold War. She is currently working on a history of Britain's involvement in the Korean War. She lives in Folkestone.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Amberley Publishing
Auteur(s)	Thomas Hennessey, Claire Thomas
Parution	01/01/2011
Nb. de pages	380
Format	19 x 12
Couverture	Broché
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781445602677
ISBN13	978-1-4456-0267-7