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 Churchill's 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 double agents, this groundbreaking work traces Churchill's 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.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length16 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byFrederick Davidson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 28, 2009
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
11Chapter 11
2Chapter 2
12Chapter 12
3Chapter 3
13Chapter 13
4Chapter 4
14Chapter 14
5Chapter 5
15Chapter 15
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6Chapter 6
16Chapter 16
7Chapter 7
17Chapter 17
8Chapter 8
18Chapter 18
9Chapter 9
19Chapter 19
10Chapter 10
About the author
David Stafford
David Stafford, a renowned expert on Winston Churchill, is the author of several widely acclaimed books on intelligence history, including Endgame, 1945; Churchill and Secret Service; Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets; Secret Agent: the True Story of the Special Operations Executive; Spies beneath Berlin; and Mission Accomplished, among others. For many years he was the project director at the Center for the Study of the Two World Wars at the University of Edinburgh. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.View all by David Stafford
