Churchill and Secret Service, David Stafford
Churchill and Secret Service, David Stafford
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Churchill and Secret Service

Author: David Stafford

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 16 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

Winston Churchill believed passionately in the value of secret intelligence, in times of war as well as of peace. Historian David Stafford makes the compelling case that one cannot understand Churchills astounding success as a modern day statesman without reference to his deep involvement in the world of espionage.With absorbing detail about the secret world of agents and doubleagents, this groundbreaking work traces Churchills connections with that world, from his days as a member of the Cabinet that established the Secret Service to the war years, when his extensive intelligence network provided him with superior information. What results is a major contribution to the study of modern and military history and a crucial missing key to understanding Churchill himself.

About David Stafford

David Stafford is the former project director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars at the University of Edinburgh and is now adjunct professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He is a renowned expert on Churchill, and his previous publications include Churchill and Secret Service, Roosevelt and Churchill, Endgame 1945, and an official history, Mission Accomplished: SOE and Italy 1943–1945.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

In 1941 Moscow received an urgent warning about Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR. Only five days before the attack, a Soviet agent working inside Luftwaffe headquarters in Berlin reported that the assault could be expected at any moment. "You can tell your 'source' [...] to f*ck......more

Goodreads review by Patrick

Excellent read. Churchill is my favorite 20th century man.......more

"Yet another book about Churchill?" this book remarks in its opening sentence. At least author David Stafford isn't shy about adding to the mountain of Churchill books already out there - and he has a robust answer to his rhetorical question. He aims to provide a view into Churchill's creation, cult......more

Interesting view of how Churchill worked with the secret service both in war and peace time......more

Goodreads review by George

A book with a lot of specifics and details regarding the development of the British secret service from the beginning of WW I through the early 1950's. Winston Churchill was a key player in all of this, so the work follows Churchill from the 1880's into the early 1950's.......more