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The Secret World

Yazan: Christopher Andrew
Seslendiren: Laurence Kennedy
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The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful World War II intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors in earlier moments of national crisis had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada.

Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of World War I, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and leading 18th-century British statesmen.

In this book, distinguished historian Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia - and shows its relevance today.

©2018 Christopher Andrew (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Freedom & Security Military Politics & Government World Casusluk Savaş Orta Çağ Emperyalizm Kraliyet Rusya Savaşlar Arası Dönem Latin Amerika Sovyetler Birliği Kendi Kaderini Belirleme Birleşik Krallık Ortadoğu İran Afrika Winston Churchill Japonya İmparatorluğu Sosyalizm Britanya İmparatorluğu Haçlı Seferi
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Unfortunately the editing on this audiobook is quite bad. sometimes sentences or parts of sentences are repeated, which seems like pretty poor form as it wasn't checked before releasing.

The book itself though is very detailed, easy to understand, and narrated nicely.

Editing is poor, but very detailed book

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This is a truly intriguing and educational book, with a dry but strong narration. There are some appalling production issues with the recording though, with some sections so badly edited together it completely distracts from what is being said.

Fascinating.

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This is not an easy book to listen to as it skips from one period to another multiple times almost every paragraph. It is as if it has been written not as a book to inform but as a monologue to show the authors breadth of knowledge. Its a great shame because it seems like it could be a very interesting book but it isn't because its so full of pointless filler and so scattered that its just rather boring.

A very badly structured book.

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I was so looking forward to this book but was really disappointed although I did persevere to the end Parts of it were fascinating but I fell asleep 3 times .. never have I done that in any other audible book and there have been many!! Parts were unbelievably badly produced / edited. The author assumed I knew our history from thousands years ago and had heard of all these people True for a lot but certainly not most. I had wanted some understanding rather than facts some explanation The author was obviously very well versed in it all I needed more help than he provided.

Too long disappointing

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As a Christopher Andrew fan, I had very high hopes for this title and, in terms of the written content, I was hugely impressed. The immense scope of this work is clearly expressed and obsessively well researched. Alas, as is so often the way, the audiobook is let down by some awkward and, dare I say, inappropriate narration. The accents, such as 1930s “American” and a very “jowelly” Churchill were not to my taste, detracted attention, and at times were bordering on culturally insensitive. To make matters worse, there were also a plethora of mispronounced names and words, some of which changed later in the book and not always in the correct direction. There were also some editing slips, but these were minor.

In short, if you are a fan of intelligence history or Christopher Andrew, you will enjoy this title, and, if committed to an audiobook, you will probably enjoy it, but be forewarned you will at times shake your head in dismay at some elementary mistakes and a slightly cringeworthy performance.

I should have bought the hardback

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