The Black Door
by Richard Aldrich /
2016 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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‘The Black Door’ explores the evolving relationship between
successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies,
from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National
Security Council.
‘The Black Door’ explores the evolving relationship between
successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies,
from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National
Security Council.
At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence
system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as
the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to
policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert
action is incorporated seamlessly into government policy, and the
Prime Minister is kept constantly updated by intelligence
agencies.
At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence
system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as
the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to
policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert
action is incorporated seamlessly into government policy, and the
Prime Minister is kept constantly updated by intelligence
agencies.
But how did intelligence come to influence our government so
completely?
But how did intelligence come to influence our government so
completely?
‘The Black Door’ explores the murkier corridors of No. 10 Downing
Street, chronicling the relationships between intelligence
agencies and the Prime Ministers of the last century. From
Churchill’s code-breakers feeding information to the Soviets to
Eden’s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, from Wilson’s
paranoia of an MI5-led coup d’état to Thatcher’s covert wars in
Central America, Aldrich and Cormac entertain and enlighten as
they explain how our government came to rely on intelligence to
the extent that it does today.
‘The Black Door’ explores the murkier corridors of No. 10 Downing
Street, chronicling the relationships between intelligence
agencies and the Prime Ministers of the last century. From
Churchill’s code-breakers feeding information to the Soviets to
Eden’s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, from Wilson’s
paranoia of an MI5-led coup d’état to Thatcher’s covert wars in
Central America, Aldrich and Cormac entertain and enlighten as
they explain how our government came to rely on intelligence to
the extent that it does today.