UK Eyes Alpha [Paperback]

Mark Urban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 1997

An account of British intelligence since Gorbachev came to power in 1985. The author presents a list of what he claims are failures by every British intelligence organization, and raises questions about the value of the traditional structures and organizations that are a legacy of the Cold War.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Faber Paperbacks; 2nd edition (August 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571190685
• ISBN-13: 978-0571190683
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,484,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars UK Eyes Alpha, worth buying, March 18, 2004

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Edgar Lindgren (Bartlett, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UK Eyes Alpha: Inside British Intelligence (Hardcover)

If you are aware of Mark Urban and his other publications, UK eyes Alpha will not disappoint. The book is a very objective and informed critique of the role of British Intelligence in the final years of the Cold War and beyond. Urban covers, in detail, the opinion of insiders on incidents such as the SAS shooting of IRA suspects in Gibralter and the fall of the Eastern Block. Urban is a frank pundit, albeit derservedly so, of policy makers and notes examples of clear intelligence failures many brought on by ridiculous red tape and the negligent application of budgets. Most notably he refers to the almost absolute reliance the British Intelligence system has on US technology in SIGINT and ELINT collection and analysis.
A good read for all interested in modern History, well written and a fascinating insight into what is really going on behind the headlines.