Book description
A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the
authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in
the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of
espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the
conduct of international relations in the first half of the twentieth
century, MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service
1909-1949 is a uniquely important examination of the role and
significance of intelligence in the modern world.
Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's
University, Belfast, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 1998
he was the Lees Knowles Lecturer in Military Science at Trinity
College, Cambridge, and in 2003-4, Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at
Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is the author of fourteen previous
books. Keith Jeffery lives in Northern Ireland.
