Very Hush-Hush
Chris Andrew In Raleigh To Discuss MI5 Secrets From Authorized Book
The biggest secrets of the 20th century will be revealed right here in Raleigh.
In an unprecedented publishing event, the British Security Service (MI5) has opened its secret archives to an independent historian, Dr. Christopher Andrew, who will appear
Saturday, Nov. 14, from
12-2 p.m. as the special guest of
Metro Magazine Editor and Publisher Bernie Reeves at
Quail Ridge Books in North Ridge Shopping Center.
Andrew’s new book,
Defend The Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, released in October, reveals the precise role of MI5 from 1909 through two world wars, the Cold War and the war on terrorism.
Names will be named, along with the failures and triumphs of Britain’s most secret security agency. No restrictions were placed on Andrew’s access to the closely guarded sensitive files, including the identities of previously unknown enemies and the truth behind notorious events over the past century affecting national security in the UK and the West.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf,
Defend The Realm contains 32 pages of pictures, many never before published, and 25 documents illustrating the inner workings of MI5.
Andrew co-authored
KGB: The Inside Story with Oleg Gordievsky and the two Mitrokhin Archive books:
The Sword And The Shield and
The World Was Going Our Way with Vasili Mitrokhin — considered the seminal texts for intelligence scholars. Andrew was the keynote speaker for the first Raleigh Spy Conference in 2003.
Plans are underway for a special dinner honoring Andrew and the publication of
Defend The Realm Saturday evening, Nov. 14.