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The Espionage Establishment
The Espionage Establishment
The Soviet Union
Great Britain
The United States
Communist China
The 'Illegals'
The City of Magic
The Espionage Revolution
On Espionage
Index
The Soviet Union
Great Britain
The United States
Communist China
The 'Illegals'
The City of Magic
The Espionage Revolution
On Espionage
Index
- GenresHistory
318 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1967
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March 6, 2013
Decades after having read their The Invisible Government and The U2 Affair I came upon this, previously unknown, book by Ross and Wise. Since those other two books had had some considerable influence on me as a kid, I bought and read it immediately.
There is evidence of dual authorship in the difference between some of the text which simply details facts and other parts which are almost whimsical, these being accounts of particular capers and of the British MI5 and MI6. Though dated and weak in the case of the Chinese, the sections describing the intelligence services of the UK, USA, USSR and People's China are interesting. The description of the Soviet services is especially enlightening.
Insofar as this book has a thesis it is that spying has become ever more popularly accepted in the Western and Soviet blocks. In the opinion of the authors this is not a good thing, there being something intrinsically immoral about governments systematically lying. In the case of the U.S.A. they warn of a growing popular distrust of government.
There is evidence of dual authorship in the difference between some of the text which simply details facts and other parts which are almost whimsical, these being accounts of particular capers and of the British MI5 and MI6. Though dated and weak in the case of the Chinese, the sections describing the intelligence services of the UK, USA, USSR and People's China are interesting. The description of the Soviet services is especially enlightening.
Insofar as this book has a thesis it is that spying has become ever more popularly accepted in the Western and Soviet blocks. In the opinion of the authors this is not a good thing, there being something intrinsically immoral about governments systematically lying. In the case of the U.S.A. they warn of a growing popular distrust of government.
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