Behind the enigma : the authorised history of GCHQ, Britain's secret cyber-intelligence agency /

For a hundred years, GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters has been at the forefront of British secret statecraft. Born out of the need to support military operations in the First World War, and fought over ever since, today it is the UK's biggest intelligence, security and cyber agency a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ferris, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Government Communications Headquarters > History. Intelligence service > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Radio in espionage > Great Britain. Electronic intelligence > Great Britain > History. Cryptography > Great Britain > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The origins of modern British Sigint, 1844-1914
Britain and the birth of Signals Intelligence, 1914-18
Whitehall's Black Chamber : British cryptology and the Government Code & Cypher School, 1919-39
Cryptoanalysis and British foreign policy, 1919-39
Bletchley
Ultra and the Second World War, 1939-45
Cheltenham : GCHQ, Britain and Whitehall, 1945-92
UKUSA and the international politics of Sigint, 1941-92
'We want to be Chetlonians': the Department
Just who are these guys, anyway? A historical-sociological analysis of GCHQ, 1939-89
Intercept to end product : the collection, processing and dissemination of Sigint, 1945-92
GCHQ vs the Main Enemy : Signals Intelligence and the Cold War, 1945-92
Comint and the End of Empire, 1945-82 : Palestine, Konfrontasi and the Falkland Islands
Secrecy, translucency and oversight, 1830-2019
GCHQ and the Second Age of Sigint, 1990-2020
Conclusion.