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GCHQ (Paperback)
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GCHQ (Paperback)
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As we become ever-more aware of how our governments "eavesdrop" on
our conversations, here is a gripping exploration of this unknown
realm of the British secret service: Government Communication
Headquarters (GCHQ). GCHQ is the successor to the famous Bletchley
Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most
secretive intelligence organisation in the country. During the war,
it commanded more staff than MI5 and MI6 combined and has produced
a number of intelligence triumphs, as well as some notable
failures. Since the end of the Cold War, it has played a pivotal
role in shaping Britain's secret state. Still, we know almost
nothing about it. In this ground-breaking new book, Richard Aldrich
traces GCHQ's evolvement from a wartime code-breaking operation
based in the Bedfordshire countryside, staffed by eccentric
crossword puzzlers, to one of the world leading espionage
organisations. It is packed full of dramatic spy stories that shed
fresh light on Britain's role in the Cold War - from the secret
tunnels dug beneath Vienna and Berlin to tap Soviet phone lines,
and daring submarine missions to gather intelligence from the
Soviet fleet, to the notorious case of Geoffrey Pine, one of the
most damaging moles ever recruited by the Soviets inside British
intelligence. The book reveals for the first time how GCHQ
operators based in Cheltenham affected the outcome of military
confrontations in far-flung locations such as Indonesia and Malaya,
and exposes the shocking case of three GCHQ workers who were killed
in an infamous shootout with terrorists while working undercover in
Turkey. Today's GCHQ struggles with some of the most difficult
issues of our time. A leading force of the state's security efforts
against militant terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda, they are
also involved in fundamental issues that will mould the future of
British society. Compelling and revelatory, Aldrich's book is the
crucial missing link in Britain's intelligence history.
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