Security Bureau in Action: Secret Operations of British Intelligence in the 20th Century

Author: Gao Jinhu
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The ancestor of modern intelligence agencies, a mysterious and enigmatic intelligence agency. From the patriarch to the junior members, from the sunless to the twilight of an enemy country, the British intelligence agency—truly reflects the real status of the British international position. In the high realm of agent work, many facts in many cases are just like fantastical and adventurous stories and legendary fictions. Entangled in the entanglement, plots and counterplots, tricks and tricks within tricks, real spies and fake spies, double agents, gold and swords, bombs, daggers and execution squads—all are intertwined in one structure after another, intricate and unbelievable yet real. The heads and senior officials of the intelligence organizations are intoxicated in these underground labyrinths and execute their tasks with calm and silent passion. Most of the compilers of this book are professionals. The main compiler of this book has long been engaged in the study of intelligence history and is one of the pioneers of the discipline of intelligence history in our country, with rich writing experience. The basic point of this book is to avoid the common faults of some intelligence-themed works, such as improper selection of materials, distortion of historical facts, and exaggeration of legends. Using the wisdom of experts to select materials and the courage of historians to interpret events, it truly lists important figures and events that reflect the evolution of 20th-century intelligence history as the writing subjects, respects historical facts, connects the present, and allows readers to find the time corridor connecting history and reality through layers of fog of life and death, blood and fire. In addition, although the author is a professional researcher, he advocates "describing history with the brush of literature." On the premise of adhering to the truth, he strives to make the writing vivid and fluent. The book has a fluent writing style and beautiful illustrations, with strong readability. I believe readers will not feel like chewing on wax.