UK Eyes Alpha: Inside British Intelligence

by Mark Urban

An account of British intelligence since Gorbachev came to power in 1985. The author presents a list of what he claims are failures by every British intelligence organization, and raises questions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571176895
• ISBN13: 9780571176892
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

UK Eyes Alpha, worth buying

If you are aware of Mark Urban and his other publications, UK eyes Alpha will not disappoint. The book is a very objective and informed critique of the role of British Intelligence in the final years of the Cold War and beyond. Urban covers, in detail, the opinion of insiders on incidents such as the SAS shooting of IRA suspects in Gibralter and the fall of the Eastern Block. Urban is a frank pundit, albeit derservedly so, of policy makers and notes examples of clear intelligence failures many brought on by ridiculous red tape and the negligent application of budgets. Most notably he refers to the almost absolute reliance the British Intelligence system has on US technology in SIGINT and ELINT collection and analysis.A good read for all interested in modern History, well written and a fascinating insight into what is really going on behind the headlines.