Secret World Behind the Curtain of British Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of 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, UK and latterly Master of Peterhouse College at the University of Cambridge, UK. 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 (2012) - is also available from Bloomsbury.
E. D. Harrison is an historian and writer specializing 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, UK 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 (2012).
Superlatively entertaining
- John Banville, The Guardian
A humorous, waspish and intriguing performance
The Times
An extraordinarily rich record of an unusually rich mind - one of the most interesting people in recent English intellectual life, caught at one of the most vital moments in English history.
Standpoint
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Sir Michael Howard
Abbreviations and Glossary
Editor’s Preface
Editor’s Introduction: Hugh Trevor-Roper's Secret War
1. Sideways into SIS
2. Admiral Canaris
3. The Philby Affair
4. Deception
5. Ultra
6. Percy Sillitoe and Dick White
7. Antony Blunt
8. Michael Straight
9. Peter Wright
10. Otto John and Reinhard Gehlen
Appendix 1: Correspondence with Patrick Reilly
Appendix 2: Charles Stuart on Kim Philby
Editor’s Notes
Bibliography
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of 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, UK and latterly Master of Peterhouse College at the University of Cambridge, UK. 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 (2012) - is also available from Bloomsbury.
E. D. Harrison is an historian and writer specializing 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, UK 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 (2012).