{"product_id":"the-secret-history-of-mi6-isbn-9780143119999","title":"The Secret History of MI6","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe authorized history of the world's oldest and most storied foreign intelligence service, drawing extensively on hitherto secret documents.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBritain's Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, is not only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit in the world\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eit is also the only one to open its archives to an outside researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is an unprecedented and revelatory look at an organization that essentially created, over the course of two world wars, the modern craft of spying. Here are the true stories that inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond's novels and John le Carré George Smiley novels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining innovations from invisible ink and industrial-scale cryptography to dramatic setbacks like the Nazi sting operations to bag British operatives, this groundbreaking history is as engrossing as any thriller\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eand much more revealing.\"Perhaps the most authentic account one will ever read about how intelligence really works.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very fine book...full of episode and personality.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An important cautionary tale that has implications worldwide.\" -\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Jeffery\u003c\/b\u003e, MRIA was a Northern Irish historian specializing in modern British, British Imperial, and Irish history. He obtained his BA, MA, and PhD (1978) degrees from St. John's College, Cambridge, the latter under the supervision of John Andrew Gallagher, and was Professor of British history at Queen's University Belfast.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300349268197,"sku":"NP9780143119999","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143119999.jpg?v=1767741402","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-secret-history-of-mi6-isbn-9780143119999","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}