Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. History
  3. Great occurrences and events

Read and listen for free for 14 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
0.0(0)

The Real Special Relationship : The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together

'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed, highly professional account' Sir John Scarlett, former MI6 Chief

The Special Relationship between America and Britain is feted by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic when it suits their purpose and just as frequently dismissed as a myth, not least by the media, which announces its supposed death on a regular basis. Yet the simple truth is that the two countries are bound together more closely than either is to any other ally.

In The Real Special Relationship, Michael Smith reveals how it all began, when a top-secret visit by four American codebreakers to Bletchley Park in February 1941 - ten months before the US entered the Second World War - marked the start of a close collaboration between the two nations that endures to this day. Once the war was over, and the Cold War began, both sides recognised that the way they had worked together to decode German and Japanese ciphers could now be used to counter the Soviet threat. Despite occasional political conflict and public disputes between the two nations, such as during the Suez crisis, behind the scenes intelligence sharing continued uninterrupted, right up to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Smith, the bestselling author of Station X and having himself served in British military intelligence, brings together a fascinating range of characters, from Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming to Kim Philby and Edward Snowden, who have helped shape the security of our two nations. Supported by in-depth interviews and an excellent range of personal contacts, he takes the reader into the mysterious workings of MI6, the CIA and all those who work to keep us safe.


Author:

  • Michael Smith

Narrator:

  • Richard Attlee

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 20 h 33 min
  • 541 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • Great occurrences and events

More by Michael Smith

Skip the list
  1. Charisma: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Art of Irresistibly (Communication Skills for Personal Magnetism, Improved Likeability)

    Michael Smith

    book
  2. Mystery Tribune / Issue Nº7

    Reed Farrel Coleman, Ragnar Jónasson, Charles Salzberg, Justin Bendell, Michael Anthony, Alison Preston, Lance Mason, Joe De Quattro, Bern Sy Moss, Michael Smith, Richard Risemberg

    book
  3. Killer Elite : Completely Revised and Updated

    Michael Smith

    audiobook
  4. Un héroe olvidado

    Michael Smith

    book
  5. The Last Correspondent : Dispatches from the frontline of Xi’s new China

    Michael Smith

    audiobook
  6. Icebound In The Arctic : The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition

    Michael Smith

    book
  7. An Unsung Hero : Tom Crean – Antarctic Survivor Updated 20th Anniversary Edition

    Michael Smith

    book
  8. The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader : A Compendium of Spy Writing

    Michael Smith

    book
  9. Shackleton: The Boss

    Michael Smith

    book
  10. Tom Crean: Ice Man

    Michael Smith

    book
  11. Foley : The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews

    Michael Smith

    book

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Targeted: Beirut : The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

    Jack Carr, James M. Scott

    audiobookbook
  2. The Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces

    Mike Ryan, Chris Mann, Alexander Stilwell

    book
  3. Philip and Alexander

    Adrian Goldsworthy

    audiobook
  4. Scipio Africanus

    B.H. Liddell Hart

    audiobook
  5. Diplomacy

    Henry Kissinger

    audiobookbook
  6. The House of Medici

    Christopher Hibbert

    audiobook
  7. Chip War : The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology

    Chris Miller

    audiobook
  8. Helsinki 1914-1918 : Toivon, pelon ja sekasorron vuodet

    Samu Nyström

    book
  9. Summary: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

    Sarah Fields

    book
  10. The Making of the Modern Middle East : A Personal History

    Jeremy Bowen

    audiobook
  11. MBS : The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

    Ben Hubbard

    audiobook
  12. In the Name of Rome

    Adrian Goldsworthy

    audiobook

  • 18 books

    Michael Smith

    Michael Smith is an award-winning British journalist and author, having previously served in British military intelligence. He has written for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times, and is the author of fifteen books on spies and special operations, including the No 1 bestseller Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park. He lives in Henley-on-Thames.

    Read more

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5