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Defend the realm, the authorized history of MI5, Christopher Andrew

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [989]-1004) and index

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Defend the realm

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Christopher Andrew

the authorized history of MI5

"Defend the Realm" reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909, through two world wars, up to and including its present roles in counterespionage and counterterrorism

Section A. The German threat, 1909-1919. Introduction: the origins of the Secret Service Bureau -- 'Spies of the Kaiser': counter-espionage before the First World War -- The First World War: part 1-The failure of German espionage -- The First World War: part 2- The rise of counter-subversion -- Section B. Between the wars. Introduction: MI5 and its staff- survival and revival -- The Red Menace in the 1920s -- The Red Menace in the 1930s -- British fascism and the Nazi threat -- Section C. The Second World War. Introduction: The Security Service and its wartime staff: 'From prison to palace' -- Deception -- Soviet penetration and the Communist Party -- Victory -- Section D. The early Cold War. Introduction: The security service and its staff in the early Cold War -- Counter-espionage and Soviet penetration: Igor Gouzenko and Kim Philby -- Zionist extremists and counter-terrorism -- VENONA and the special relationships with the United States and Australia -- Vetting, atom spies and protective security -- The communist party of Great Britain, the trade unions and the Labour Party -- The hunt for the 'magnificent five' -- The end of empire: part 1 -- The end of empire: part 2 -- The Macmillan government: spy scandals and the Profumo affair -- FLUENCY: paranoid tendencies -- The Wilson government 1964 -1970: security, subversion and 'Wiggery-Pokery"