London: Heinemann, 1986. First U.K. Edition, presumed First Printing. Hardcover. xviii, 616, [6] pages. Illustrations. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket has some wear and soiling. Comprehensive history of the development of the British secret service, with particular emphasis on its rapid development during World War II and its post-war activities. Christopher Maurice Andrew, FRHistS (born 23 July 1941) is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Cambridge with an interest in international relations and in particular the history of intelligence services. Andrew is a former Chair of the History Faculty at Cambridge University, Official Historian of the Security Service (MI5), Honorary Air Commodore of 7006 (VR) Intelligence Squadron in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Chairman of the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar, and former Visiting Professor at Harvard, Toronto and Canberra. Andrew served as co-editor of Intelligence and National Security, and a presenter of BBC radio and TV documentaries, including the Radio Four series What If?. His twelve previous books include a number of studies on the use and abuse of secret intelligence in modern history. In February 2003, Andrew accepted the post of official historian for the Security Service MI5 to write an official history of the service due for its centenary in 2009. The appointment, which entailed Andrew's enrollment into the Security Service, was criticized by some, that he was too close to MI5 to be impartial and that his link with the Service (formalized with his privileged access to the defectors Gordievsky and Mitrokhin) made him a "court historian", instead of an objective scholar. More