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Room 40's Code-Breaking Pioneer
In 1933 the Admiralty banned ‘Blinker’ Hall from publishing his autobiography, but here, for the first time, those chapters that survived are presented in full. See what the renowned spymaster had to say about the British Naval Intelligence – the pinnacle of the world’s secret intelligence services. He explores the function of secret intelligence in wartime, censorship, subterfuge, the significance of Churchill in the Dardanelles campaign, the Zimmermann Telegram, the USA’s entry to the First World War and more. With supporting text and images by Philip Vickers and a foreword by expert author Nigel West, A Clear Case of Genius provides a unique insight into the thinking of one of Britain’s pioneering intelligence leaders.
13th March, 2017 in Military
Even in the early morning gloom and wrapped in a heavy overcoat, Ted Palmer recognised the man who came in out of the London rain for his first day’s work at a new office as a ‘Parisian dresser’, and, at least by repute, already established as his department’s most ‘active, intel…
24th February, 2017 in Military
On 24 February 1917 the American ambassador to the United Kingdom was given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledged to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declared war on the United States. The revelation of the Zimmermann Telegram, s…
