Paul Lashmar is Head of the Department of Journalism at City, University of London. He is a Reader in Journalism and written extensively about the world of spying, intelligence and terrorism for four decades. His research interests include investigative journalism, intelligence-media relations and organised crime. Paul has been an investigative journalist in television and print and on the staff of The Observer, Granada Television’s World in Action current affairs series and The Independent newspapers. He has authored or co-authored a number of books including the textbook Online Journalism: The Essential Guide with Steve Hill (Sage, 2014).

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• PrefaceIntroductionSetting the scene The Great WarThe Interwar years and the Dark ArtsThe Second World WarThe ‘Era of Trust’.Cold War WarriorsAgitation and propaganda 1968 and all that1975: The Year of IntelligenceThe Thatcher YearsSpycatchingThe Wall comes downThe ‘War on Terror’Citizen Four Lives in DangerOstriches, cheerleaders, lemonsuckers and guardiansThoughts from 40 years of spy watchingDedicationsAcknowledgementsReferencesIndex