BOOK : "The Secret World : Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World WarII and the Cold War" (fwd)

Having received this book for Christmas, I am now reading it,
and it has some interesting ( mostly caustic ) snippets and
anecdotes about personalities at B.P.

As I have never heard of this book beforehand, I thought it may
be of interest to some of you lurking on his list....:

PS : I have no connection whatsoever with the publishers etc, etc...
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"The Secret World : 
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Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold 
War

by Hugh Trevor-Roper, E.D.R. Harrison ( Editor )

During World War II, Britain enjoyed spectacular success in the secret war 
between hostile intelligence services, enabling a substantial and 
successful expansion of British counter-espionage. Hugh Trevor-Roper's 
experiences working for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during the 
war had a profound impact on him and he later observed the world of 
intelligence with particular sharpness. To him, the subject of wartime 
espionage was as worthy of profound investigation and reflection as events 
from the more distant past. Expressing his observations through some of 
his most ironic and entertaining prose, Trevor-Roper wrote with a freedom 
he could not express publicly due to the Official Secrets Act. Based on 
previously unpublished material - including an extraordinary and 
previously-unseen correspondence with the exiled spy Kim Philby - this 
book is a sharp, revealing and personal first-hand account of the 
intelligence world in World War II and its aftermath.

Product details
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    Hardcover : 320 pages
    Publisher : I.B.Tauris
    30 Aug 2014
    ISBN-10 : 1780762089
    ISBN-13 : 978-1780762081
    Product Dimensions : 16 x 3 x 23.4 cm 

Review

'Trevor-Roper was always waspish, quick-witted, and eloquent. In this 
collection of politically calculated book reviews, cleverly indiscreet 
correspondence, and creatively controversial memoirs, he reveals the 
infighting and power-broking within the intelligence services.'
Iain Finlayson, The Times

'...shed[s] light on the moral corruption of trusted British agents and 
their providential unmasking.'
Ian Thomson, The Independent

'witty, sardonic, mordant.'
Piers Brendon, Literary Review

'[a] fascinating collection... we can now enjoy his true legacy, on the 
printed page.'
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Spectator

About the Author
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Hugh Trevor-Roper was the most brilliant historian of his generation. An 
expert in the history of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany, he was 
Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University and latterly 
Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He received a life peerage in 1979. He 
was the author of numerous books, including his famous investigation of 
Hitler's last days. During World War II, Trevor-Roper served in the Secret 
Intelligence Service, giving him a remarkable insight into the work of the 
intelligence services in Britain. A collection of his diaries "The Wartime 
Journals" ( I.B.Tauris ) has recently been published. E.D.R Harrison is an 
historian and writer specialising in World War II. He attended 
Trevor-Roper's lectures while at Oxford University and has taught history 
at universities in Britain and the US. He has held the Laming Junior 
Fellowship, the Alistair Horne Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University 
and an Anthony de Rothschild Fellowship in History of the Churchill Trust. 
He is the author of "The Young Kim Philby : Soviet Spy and British 
Intelligence Officer".


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