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title: "The Secret World: A History of Intelligence (Henry L. Stimson Lectures)"
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# The Secret World: A History of Intelligence (Henry L. Stimson Lectures)

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- **What is this?** The Secret World: A History of Intelligence (Henry L. Stimson Lectures) by christopher andrew
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Throwing a wide net
*by D***R on October 21, 2019*

When an author throws as wide a net as Christopher Andrew has, a few fish are bound to escape. In this case the ones that evaded him swam in the waters of late 16th and early 17th century England. In the era after the death of Sir Francis Walsingham until Elizabeth I death, rival ministers, the Earl of Essex and Sir Robert Cecil, ran competing private intelligence services. Elizabeth loved it because it cost her nothing. When it came to James I, as Garrett Mattingly revealed in his book, Renaissance Diplomacy, the English ambassador to Spain, Lord Digby arranged to copy all the correspondence to and from his counterpart, the Spanish ambassador to England, Gondomar. To put it another way, the English intelligence network between Elizabeth and the Civil Wars was not always as useless as Mr. Andrew makes it sound.Those comments should not detract from the overall excellence of this book. Just illustrating with numerous examples that there are a large number of steps between the collection of intelligence and putting the information to good use makes the book worthwhile. As Andrew's historical review shows, time after time, national leaders who have a preconceived notion of what they want intelligence to find are especially likely to ignore any information to the contrary. When they do, the outcome is often disastrous.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The value of intelligence
*by G***E on February 1, 2023*

I would recommend this book to any serious student of war a d political affairs. The details and revelations give the reader serious cause to learn more about how intelligence is handled in their country.I think I can sum up the basics by saying that there will always be someone whom can profit by knowing and sharingState secrets and an intelligence service must be aware and constantly alert.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loaded with details
*by R***L on August 20, 2023*

Not an easy read. Very detailed

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