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050			_aJN329 .I6 _bA365 2017
100			_aAldrich, Richard J. _d961-
245			_aThe Black Door : _bspies, secret intelligence and British prime ministers / _cRichard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac.
260			_aLondon : _bWilliam Collins, _ban imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c2017.
300			_axii, 606 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
520			_aThis book explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret Service Bureau to Cameron's National Security Council. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert action is incorporated seamlessly into government policy, and the Prime Minister is kept constantly updated by intelligence agencies. But how did intelligence come to influence our government so completely? This book explores the murkier corridors of No. 10 Downing Street, chronicling the relationships between intelligence agencies and the Prime Ministers of the last century. From Churchill's code-breakers feeding information to the Soviets to Eden's attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, from Wilson's paranoia of an MI5-led coup detat to Thatcher's covert wars in Central America, Aldrich and Cormac entertain and enlighten as they explain how our government came to rely on intelligence to the extent that it does today.
650			_aIntelligence service _xHistory. _zGreat Britain
650			_aSecret service _xHistory. _zGreat Britain
651			_aGreat Britain _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
700			_aCormac, Rory, _e author.
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