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GCHQ (2010)

by Richard J. Aldrich(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0007278470 (ISBN13: 9780007278473)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: A vast tome, Aldrich's intricate history of the UK's most secret intelligence service is not a straightforward read. But the persistent reader will be rewarded by a treasury of anecdotes about code breaking and intelligence gathering from 1919 to 2010. They cracked the Enigma but where does GCHQ stand today? This is a balanced tale of success, failure, treachery and high bathos. Recommended as a reference work as well as for dipping into as one's mood dictates.
review 2: Fascinating and thought-provoking history of Britain's official eavesdroppers - from their start in WWII to modern terrorism. From office politics through national politics to geo-politics, these guys have clout. And if you think someone is listening to or reading your phone calls, emails, inte... morernet or text, you probably right,Gets the story of Auckland's 1994 power outage wrong, but I love the response of New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange when told that access to US signals intelligence would be cut off following the ban on nuclear vessels - he declared that he would now "have more time to do the crossword." less

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