Security Bureau in Action—Secret Operations of British Intelligence Agencies 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 intelligence agency, from the patriarch to the junior, from the sunless to the twilight of an enemy country, the British intelligence agency — a true reflection of the real status of the United Kingdom. In the high realm of agent work, many facts in many cases are just like outlandish adventure stories and legendary fictions, entangled in knots, plots and counterplots, scams and scams within scams, real spies and fake spies, double agents, gold and swords, bombs, daggers and execution squads, all 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. — Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
The compilation of this book is mostly by professionals. The main editor 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 China, with rich writing experience. The basic point of this book is to avoid the common faults of some intelligence-themed works, such as inappropriate selection, historical inaccuracies, 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" while adhering to the truth. He strives to make the writing vivid and fluent. The book has a fluent writing style and exquisite illustrations, with strong readability. It is believed that readers will not feel as if they are chewing on wax.