‘The Black Door’ explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert action is incorporated seamlessly into government policy, and the Prime Minister is kept constantly updated by intelligence agencies.But how did intelligence come to influence our government so completely?‘The Black Door’ explores the murkier corridors of No. 10 Downing Street, chronicling the relationships between intelligence agencies and the Prime Ministers of the last century. From Churchill’s code-breakers feeding information to the Soviets to Eden’s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, from Wilson’s paranoia of an MI5-led coup d’état to Thatcher’s covert wars in Central America, Aldrich and Cormac entertain and enlighten as they explain how our government came to rely on intelligence to the extent that it does today.

The Black Door

History

Aldrich, Richard

Cormac, Rory

Europe

William Collins

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.
Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through fancy footwork, often deceiving friend and foe alike. Yet as the birth of the modern British secret service in 1909, prime ministers were strangers to the secret world – sometimes with disastrous consequences. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill oversaw a remarkable revolution in the exploitation of intelligence, bringing it into the centre of government. Chruchill’s wartime regime also formed a school of intelligence for future prime ministers, and its secret legacy has endured. Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and David Cameron all became great enthusiasts for spies and special forces. Although Britain’s political leaders have often feigned ignorance about what one prime minister called this ‘strange underworld’, some of the most daring and controversial intelligence operations can be traced straight back to Number 10.

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

GCHQ: Centenary Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

It has been fifty years since Thailand's 1942 declaration of war on Britain and the United States. This study examines the accelerating Western struggle with Japan for control over "independent" Thailand, a country at the strategic crossroads of Southeast Asia and recognized as "The Key to the South." On the eve of Pearl Harbor this culminated in arguments between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Eden as to whether the West should attack or defend this neutral country.

The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand during the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929-1942 (South-East Asian Historical Monographs)

Military

Oxford University Press

Witness to War: Diaries of The Second World War Everyday Accounts by the Men, Women and Children From Both Sides

DOUBLEDAY

Following the stunning first-hand revelations compiled in Witness to War about WW2 in Europe and the Middle East, Richard Aldrich here taps into another huge variety of diarists to illuminate the Second World War in the Pacific.

The Faraway War: Personal Diaries of The Second World War in Asia and the Pacific

Asia

Doubleday, UK

A Century of Education

Education is a country's biggest business and the most important shared experience of those who live in it. A Century of Education provides an accessible, authoritative and fascinating overview of the role and nature of education in the twentieth century. Eminent historian of education, Professor Richard Aldrich has assembled a team of contributors, all noted experts in their respective fields, to review the successes and failures of education in the last century and to look forward to the next. A succinct overview of twentieth century social, economic, political and intellectual developments in the first chapter is followed by chapters on ten key topics. Each chapter has four sections: a review of the educational situation in 2000; a similar assessment in 1900; changes and continuities throughout the century; and a conclusion reviewing the lessons for today and tomorrow. This is a work of information, interpretation and reference, which demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of education during the twentieth century and identifies educational priorities for the twenty first. For anyone interested in what has become the most important Issue of our time, this unique book is set to become a classic text.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Routledge

Education is a country's biggest business and the most important shared experience of those who live in it. A Century of Education provides an accessible, authoritative and fascinating overview of the role and nature of education in the twentieth century. Eminent historian of education, Professor Richard Aldrich has assembled a team of contributors, all noted experts in their respective fields, to review the successes and failures of education in the last century and to look forward to the next. A succinct overview of twentieth century social, economic, political and intellectual developments in the first chapter is followed by chapters on ten key topics. Each chapter has four sections: a review of the educational situation in 2000; a similar assessment in 1900; changes and continuities throughout the century; and a conclusion reviewing the lessons for today and tomorrow. This is a work of information, interpretation and reference, which demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of education during the twentieth century and identifies educational priorities for the twenty first. For anyone interested in what has become the most important Issue of our time, this unique book is set to become a classic text.

Lessons from History of Education (World Library of Educationalists)

Richard Aldrich has spent the last 30 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in history of education. He has contributed over 15 books and 75 articles to the field.  In Lessons from History of Education, Richard Aldrich brings together 14 of his key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection, the chapters cover:   understanding history of education the politics of education educational reformers curriculum and standards the teaching of history education otherwise. This book not only shows how Richard Aldrich's thinking developed during his long and distinguished career; it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed. Richard Aldrich is Emeritus Professor of History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Contributors to the series include: Richard Aldrich, Stephen J. Ball, James A. Banks, Jerome Bruner, John Elliott, Elliot W. Eisner, Howard Gardner, John K. Gilbert, Ivor F. Goodson, David F. Labaree, John White, Ted Wragg .

Lessons from History of Education: The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich (World Library of Educationalists)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Richard Aldrich has spent the last 30 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in history of education. He has contributed over 15 books and 75 articles to the field. In Lessons from History of Education, Richard Aldrich brings together 14 of his key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection, the chapters cover: <ul>
<li>understanding history of education</li> <li>the politics of education</li> <li>educational reformers</li> <li>curriculum and standards</li> <li>the teaching of history</li> <li>education otherwise.</li>
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This book not only shows how Richard Aldrich's thinking developed during his long and distinguished career; it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed. Richard Aldrich is Emeritus Professor of History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Contributors to the series include: Richard Aldrich, Stephen J. Ball, James A. Banks, Jerome Bruner, John Elliott, Elliot W. Eisner, Howard Gardner, John K. Gilbert, Ivor F. Goodson, David F. Labaree, John White, Ted Wragg .

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

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The Black Door

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

GCHQ: Centenary Edition

The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand during the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929-1942 (South-East Asian Historical Monographs)

Witness to War: Diaries of The Second World War Everyday Accounts by the Men, Women and Children From Both Sides

The Faraway War: Personal Diaries of The Second World War in Asia and the Pacific

A Century of Education

A Century of Education

Lessons from History of Education: The Selected Works of Richard Aldrich (World Library of Educationalists)

Lessons from History of Education (World Library of Educationalists)