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Stella Rimington - Open Secret - 9780099436720 - KAK0012808
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Open Secret

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Description for Open Secret Paperback. The story of the woman who rose to be Director-General of Britain's Security Service, MI5, in a career that lasted from 1969 to 1996. Stella Rimington worked to Director level in all main fields of the Service's responsibilities, counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism, Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGA; JPSH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

'The story of MI5's transformation - is fascinating. So, too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world.' Guardian
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The eye-opening memoir from the first female Director-General of MI5

Stella Rimington worked for MI5 between 1969 and 1996, one of the most turbulent and dramatic periods in global history. Working in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities - counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism - she became successively Director of all three branches, and finally Director-General of MI5 in 1992.

She was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment. In Open Secret, she continues her work of opening up elements of the work of our security services to public scrutiny, revealing the surprising culture of MI5 and shedding light on some of the most fascinating events in 20th century history from the ultimate insider viewpoint.
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Stella Rimington is also the author of the novels At Risk and Secret Asset.

Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099436720
SKU
KAK0012808
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Stella Rimington
See above

Reviews for Open Secret
Was she right to publish? Most certainly. If we are to have a mature attitude to our intelligence services, we need this kind of inside account - it is vital in stripping away mystique and building understanding
Daily Telegraph
Stella Rimington deserves our thanks for resisting the bullying of the cabinet office and many of her colleagues and associates in Whitehall, and pushing on to publication
New Statesman
She writes in a refreshingly self-deprecating style of juggling the roles of single parent and chief "spook"
Independent on Sunday

Goodreads reviews for Open Secret


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