Customer Reviews
book GCHQ - By: Peter Benstead, 24 Aug 2010 
If you are interestedin the countries security do not miss this one, agreat read with many unwriten facts, would also be of great interest of any body who servedin the Royal Corps Signalin the Cold war era. worth every penny.
Not many secrets left after this fine history of GCHQ - By: Irving C Scott ( IrvingCScott@aol.com), 23 Aug 2010 This is a very good account of the long history of cyphers, codes, espionage & secret intelligence from the Thirties through to the present - from pre Bltechley Park to satellite surveillance & continuing spying & treachery by governments on governments - especially supposedly friendly ones!
Aldrcih tells the storyin a pacey, readable style & doesn't overload with too many abstruse details.
A very good read for those interestedin why the UK still has a place at the top table of strategic & secret information & whyin large part the English language keeps us there.
What GCHQ - By: Mr. J. Alistair Read, 15 Aug 2010 I was immediately immersedin this admirable book which I found joined up a great number of dots from previously published literature on the topic. I do, however, that Aldrich or his proof-readers have devoted just a few seconds to UK locations; Chicksands is not near Baldoch (which isin Hertfordshire), rather Bedford. Likewise, Bletchley somehow landed upin Bedfordshire. Small criticisms, though. The notes & bibliography are breath-taking - & will keep me busy for years to come!
GCHQ - By: Graham Jefferies, 12 Aug 2010 Very interesting. Enough information to make it very worthwhile. Having some experiencein the intelligence/security business I have always been surprised at the level of secrecy that continues to surround matters that have well passed their need to be classed secret or above. I appreciate that the UK secerity/secret services are governed by treaty obligations. I also appreciate that there are people that wish to expose matters of importance purely for the sake of doing so & that this has an adverse effect on disclosures by the intelligence services. This book has taken us a big step forwardin understanding the valus of sigint.
GCHQ - By: Robert Bartlett, 05 Aug 2010 The book might appear daunting particularly as it is written by an academic & might well concentrate on technical aspects of the spy trade. However, it is so well written that the book is not only informative but extremely interesting & an easy read. No secrets are let out of the bag but for most people a great deal of the more modern period covered will be a revelation. Voice prints over the West Midlands - amazing. Good to know we have such people on our side!
