Dan Lomas is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. Christopher J. Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at the University of Salford.

• DedicationIntroduction: Reviewing the British Intelligence Community1. Origins: The Secret Service Bureau, 19092. Secret Service Committee: Organising Inter-War British intelligence, 1919 - 19313. The Gathering Storm: Lord Hankey and the Intelligence Community (1940)4. Saving SIGINT: Van Cutsem and Bletchley Park (1942)5. The Secret Intelligence Service and the Bland Report (1944)6. The Defence of the Realm: Findlater Stewart and MI5 (1945)7. The Cadogan Report, Homosexuality and the “Missing Diplomats” (1951)8. Sir Norman Brook and Early Cold War Intelligence (1951)9. Sir Horace Seymour and the “Secret Service” (1953)10. The Blame Game: the Bridges Report and “Buster” Crabb (1956)11. A Police State? Sir Norman Birkett and the Interception of Communications (1957)12. Sir Gerald Templer and Dervice Intelligence (1960)13. Spies and Scandal: Romer, Radcliffe and Cunningham14. Moral Misbehaviour: Lord Denning and the Profumo Affair, 196315. Sir Stewart Hampshire, GCHQ and the Cost of SIGINT16. The Troubles: British intelligence in Northern Ireland, 1979 - 198217. Sir Colin Crowe, Cold War Propaganda and the Information Research Department (1976)18. A Bucket of Whitewash? The Franks Review and the Falklands (1982-3)19. Intelligence at the End of the Cold War20. Lord Butler, Intelligence and the Iraq War (2004) Conclusion: Whitewash or Oversight?BibliographyIndex

'Lomas and Murphy’s volume is a groundbreaking study of how the British state created, reshaped and oversaw the structure and work of its secret agencies over the past 125 years. It tells a story previously untold and one which neither intelligence agencies nor their masters understand fully. It is an essential read for anyone interested in intelligence history.'