The need for vigilant espionage services is proven by the record of what happens when intelligence services, or the governments they serve, have failed to forecast events.
MI6, the CIA and SMERSH are amongst the many intelligence services that have been exploited by writers of fiction in recent times.
Unlike some of their fictional counterparts, however, intelligence officers have evolved from adventurers to career professionals, mirroring their parent services’ similar shift.
Following years of research into the world of intelligence, Dobson and Payne have profiled over three hundred personalities from the inter-war years to the early 1980s.
From effective spymasters like ‘C’ to the less well-known operatives such as Colonel ‘Z’, their stories are too captivating to remain untold.
They also address what triggered the formal establishment of intelligence services in various countries, and how they have adapted to face new challenges and technologies.
With a glossary of “spy-talk” and an appendix exploring the many facets of Cold War intelligence work, ‘Who’s Who in Espionage’ casts an authoritative light into the shadows and illustrates just how great a change the art of espionage underwent in less than fifty years.
"The authors ... are careful, responsible, not at all given to hyperbole, and above all, realistic." Los Angeles Times
Christopher Dobson and Ronald Payne have between them more than 40 years of experience as foreign correspondents. During the last 15 years they have covered terrorist activity on four continents for The Sunday Times of London, The Daily Telegraph and other numerous newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. They have also served as consultants on terrorism for ABC and NBC News.
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