The Art of Betrayal
Book description
The secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day.
The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created a hundred years ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by…
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1 author picked The Art of Betrayal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The author is the BBC's Security and Defence Correspondent and his range of contacts enriches this book.
It is full of anecdotes about the secret world and Russia looms large in his narrative.
He explores the psychology and motivation of why British and Russian intelligence officers spied for the enemy during the Cold War and there is an excellent chapter on how the UK security services produced some inaccurate intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq war.
From Mark's list on the KGB, Russia and espionage.
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