The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers. Richard Aldrich

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Dedication

      To Joanne and Libby

      (two espionage experts)

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      

      

       Abbreviations and Acronyms

      

      

       Introduction

      

      

       PART ONE: CREATING SECRET SERVICE

       1 Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law (1908–1923)

       2 Stanley Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald (1923–1937)

      

      

       PART TWO: THE WINDS OF WAR

       3 Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940)

       4 Winston Churchill (1940–1941)

       5 Winston Churchill (1942–1945)

      

      

       PART THREE: THE HOT COLD WAR

       6 Clement Attlee (1945–1951)

       7 Winston Churchill (1951–1955)

       8 Anthony Eden (1955–1957)

       9 Harold Macmillan (1957–1963)

       10 Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)

      

      

       PART FOUR: DÉTENTE AND DISSENT

       11 Harold Wilson (1964–1970)

       12 Edward Heath (1970–1974)

       13 Harold Wilson (1974–1976)

       14 James Callaghan (1976–1979)

       15 Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990)

      

      

       PART FIVE: TURBULENT TIMES

       16 John Major (1990–1997)

       17 Tony Blair (1997–2007)

       18 Gordon Brown (2007–2010)

       19 David Cameron (2010–2016)

      

      

       Conclusion: Prime Ministers and the Future of Intelligence

       Appendix I: Key Officials Since 1909