The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers

by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac

Book Overview

The Black Door 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.

Intelligence can do a prime minister's dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through fancy footwork, often deceiving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000821378X
• ISBN13: 9780008213787
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: William Collins
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"