{"product_id":"gchq-the-secret-wireless-war-190086-9780340411971","title":"GCHQ: The secret wireless war  1900-86","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe go-to intelligence expert and author of MI6 has \"provided the clearest review of GCHQ and its predecessors in a publicly available book\" ( Firetrench ).Signal intelligence is the most secret  and most misunderstood  weapon in the modern espionage arsenal. As a reliable source of information  it is unequalled  which is why Government Communications Headquarters  almost universally known as GCHQ  is several times larger than the two smaller  but more familiar  organizations  MI5 and MI6. Because of its extreme sensitivity  and the ease with which its methods can be compromised  GCHQs activities remain cloaked in secrecy.In The Secret Wireless War 1900-1986   the renowned expert Nigel West traces GCHQs origins back to the early days of wireless and gives a detailed account of its development since that time. From the moment that Marconi succeeded in transmitting a radio signal across the Channel  Britain has been engaged in a secret wireless war  first against the Kaiser  then Hitler and the Soviet Union.Following painstaking research  Nigel West is able to describe all GCHQs disciplines  including direction-finding  interception and traffic analysis  and code-breaking. Also explained is the work of several lesser known units such as the wartime Special Wireless Groups and the top-secret Radio Security Service.Laced with some truly remarkable anecdotes  this edition of this important book will intrigue historians  intelligence professionals and general readers alike.\"Nigel West is an acknowledged expert in this field of literature and his latest book is fascinating and intriguing.\" -- Books Monthly\"Rich in the kind of detail from which all students of radio and military history can learn.\" -- The Spectrum Monitor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651918356533,"sku":"ByrdShop_034041197X","price":274.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780340411971.jpg?v=1781845117","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gchq-the-secret-wireless-war-190086-9780340411971","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}