Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. ONE Setting the Scene 20
7. TWO The Great War 32
8. THREE The Interwar Years and the Dark Arts 43
9. FOUR The Second World War 58
10. FIVE The ‘Era of Trust’ 72
11. SIX Cold War Warriors 86
12. SEVEN Agitprop 105
13. EIGHT 1968 and All That 121
14. NINE 1975: The Year of Intelligence 132
15. TEN The Thatcher Years 146
16. ELEVEN Spycatcher 161
17. TWELVE The Wall Comes Down 177
18. THIRTEEN The ‘War on Terror’ 196
19. FOURTEEN Citizenfour 217
20. FIFTEEN Lives at Risk 229
21. SIXTEEN Ostriches, Cheerleaders, Lemonsuckers and Guardians 239
22. SEVENTEEN Reflections on Forty Years of Spy Watching 250
23. REFERENCES 270
24. INDEX 285