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'This book is a goldmine of once highly secret intelligence material ... no intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth century history needs it too.' - The Spectator 'Regarded by historians as the most important military intelligence documents from the whole of the second world war.' - Irish Independent '[A] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War. Its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West who, apart from decoding several obscure references to the secret war, persuaded the Security Service to break their rule of maintaining an agent's anonymity.' - BBC History Magazine 'It is a major contribution to the Intelligence history of that war.' - Sunday Telegraph 'The Liddell diaries are a superb addition of primary sources to the literature of intelligence.' - Professor Hayden Peake 'Definitely one of the most important Second World War intelligence documents to have been declassified in recent years.' - Andrew Roberts 'These staggering revelations about wartime intelligence will decisively change historians' perceptions of MI5 and the conduct of the Second World War.' - Tom Bower 'His information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West's sources are undoubtedly excellent.' - The Sunday Times 'For pure textbook detail, the best is Nigel West' - The Observer 'A prolific writer on pre- and post-WWII espionage' - Publisher's Weekly 'Leading historian of the British security services' - Vanity Fair 'An innermost corner of the secret war against Hitler, recorded night by night by the man who ran it: as an authentic source, beyond price.' - M.R.D. Foot

'This book is a goldmine of once highly secret intelligence material ... no intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth century history needs it too.' - The Spectator 'Regarded by historians as the most important military intelligence documents from the whole of the second world war.' - Irish Independent '[A] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War. Its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West who, apart from decoding several obscure references to the secret war, persuaded the Security Service to break their rule of maintaining an agent's anonymity.' - BBC History Magazine 'It is a major contribution to the Intelligence history of that war.' - Sunday Telegraph 'The Liddell diaries are a superb addition of primary sources to the literature of intelligence.' Professor Hayden Peake 'Definitely one of the most important Second World War intelligence documents to have been declassified in recent years.' Andrew Roberts 'These staggering revelations about wartime intelligence will decisively change historians' perceptions of MI5 and the conduct of the Second World War.' Tom Bower 'His information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West's sources are undoubtedly excellent.' The Sunday Times 'For pure textbook detail, the best is Nigel West' The Observer 'A prolific writer on pre- and post-WWII espionage' Publisher's Weekly 'Leading historian of the British security services' Vanity Fair 'An innermost corner of the secret war against Hitler, recorded night by night by the man who ran it: as an authentic source, beyond price.' M. R. D. Foot

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Nigel West is a military historian specialising in security and intelligence topics. He lectures at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Washington DC and is the European editor of the World Intelligence Review. In 1989 he was elected 'The Experts' Expert' by the Observer and in 2003 he was the recipient of the US Association of Former Intelligence Officers' Lifetime Literature Achievement Award.

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