Espionage & Secret Services

As World War II raged in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel was guided by an uncanny sense of his enemies' plans and weaknesses. In the summer of 1...

J.C. Masterman was chairman of the Double-Cross Committee at the height of World War Two. This is his account of the double agents, deception and c...

Over the past fifty years, Nigel West has been involved in almost every espionage-related investigation, breakthrough or revelation that you can th...

Barry Broman has led a remarkable life, and met some remarkable people along the way of his years at a Central Intelligence Agency case officer. Br...

During the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency's biggest and longest paramilitary operation was in the tiny kingdom of Laos. Hundreds of advi...

Using espionage as a test case, The End of Intelligence criticizes claims that the recent information revolution has weakened the state, revolution...

Now in paperback, a compelling narrative about how two Great Powers of the early twentieth century did battle, both openly and in the shadows Deca...

A compelling new narrative about how two Great Powers of the early twentieth century did battle, both openly and in the shadows Decades before the...

The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies rubbed shoulders wi...

Raul Villamia's childhood in Cuba revolved around baseball and bloodshed. The violence that he witnessed led him to support Castro's revolution,...

The most comprehensive history of Canadian military intelligence and its influence on key military operations Canadian intelligence has become inc...

An in-depth analysis of why COVID-19 warnings failed and how to avert the next disaster Epidemiologists and national security agencies warned for ...

Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive netw...

Would the Islamic State ever renounce violence? In the current political climate, the question seems preposterous. Yet, at the height of a terroris...