Security and Special Operations: SOE and MI5 During the Second World War

by C. Murphy

Overview

This volume offers the first comprehensive history of the Security Section of the Special Operations Executive and its relationship with MI5 during the Second World War. The book makes extensive use of recently declassified files in order to examine the development of liaison between the two organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230002418
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/10/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	253
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER J. MURPHY is currently an independent scholar, and was formerly Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary British History at the Institute of Historical Research.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Origins and Development of SOE's Security Section Inverlair No.6 Special Workshop School: 'The Cooler' Security Abroad Liaison with MI5 (i): Cooperation Liaison with MI5 (ii): Conflict Approaching Section V Security Aspects of the Nordpol Affair Double Cross and Deception Unfinished Business Postscript on Sources: SOE at The National Archives Biblography Index

Editorial Reviews

' Security and Special Operations is a significant addition to the burgeoning literature of the history of the Special Operations Executive. Using recently declassified files from MI5 and SOE documents at the National Archives, Christopher Murphy is able to shed much new light on the troubled relationship between SOE, MI5 and SIS (MI6) during the Second World War, particularly over security issues.' - Richard Thurlow, University of Sheffield, UK

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