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Former MI6 officer Cavendish reveals the inner workings of the intelligence world and defends the smeared reputation of the former chief of MI6, the late Sir Maurice Oldfield
The government originally tried to ban this book – a defence against the smeared reputation of Cavendish’s great friend the late Sir Maurice Oldfield which also revealed a lot about the activities within the secret service
Cavendish also tells of his own career as an intelligence officer and high-risk journalist – including fascinating details of undercover work in Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East
His perspective on Kim Philby and other high-profile MI6 chiefs (George Young, Stewart Menzies, Sir John Rennie etc).
His view of the changes wrought in the intelligence service during the 60s and 70s
Breathtaking tales of high-risk assignments as a journalist in Paris, Warsaw, Budapest (during the Hungarian uprising of October 1956), Yugoslavia, Beirut and Baghdad
Rupert Allason (aka Nigel West) has written a new foreword
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‘By the time the reader has shared the author’s ring-side seat at the spectacle of world events... it seems as though James Bond was a rather dull weakling by comparison’
Jonathan Aitken, MP
Former MI6 officer Anthony Cavendish reveals the inner workings of the intelligence world and defends the smeared reputation of the former chief of MI6, the late Sir Maurice Oldfield. Cavendish's perspective on the events surrounding Oldfield's demise contradicted other reports that had been published, and he had much to tell about the activities within the secret service that had been kept under wraps. This work also records Cavendish's own career as an intelligence officer, high-risk journalist, merchant banker and businessman. He recounts the daily details of his Cold War undercover activites in the 1950s in Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and tells what he knows about Kim Philby and other high-profile MI6 chiefs such as George Young, Stewart Menzies, Sir John Rennie and Dickie Franks. He gives his view of the changes that were wrought in the intelligence service during the 60s and 70s and has tales to tell of his assignments as a journalist in Paris, Warsaw, Budapest, Yugoslavia, Beruit and Baghdad. This revised edition includes a new forward by Rupert Allason and two new chapters on Cavendish's recent work in Romania and Amman.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0006376126
- ISBN 13 9780006376125
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages224
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