Richard J. Aldrich | |
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| Born | Richard James Aldrich 7 December 1961 Rochdale, England |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Warwick |
| Doctoral students | Andrew Mumford |
| Notable works | The Secret Royals |
Richard James Aldrich FRHistS (born 7 December 1961) is a British political scientist and a historian of espionage who has written intensively about intelligence and security communities.
Life
Since September 2007, he has been a professor of International Security at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.[1] He was a professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham and was co-editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security for eight years.[2] In 1990 Aldrich gained his PhD from Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.[2]
Works
Monographs
- The Black Door Lib/E: Spies, Secret Intelligence, and British Prime Ministers (William the 4th, 2020)
- GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency (HarperPress, 2010)
- Intelligence and the War against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- The Faraway War: Personal Diaries of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific (Transworld Publishers Limited, 2006)
- Witness To War: Diaries Of The Second World War In Europe And The Middle East (Doubleday, 2004)
- The Hidden Hand: Britain, America, and Cold War Secret Intelligence (John Murray Press, 2001)
- Intelligence and the War Against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
- Espionage, Security and Intelligence in Britain, 1945-1970 (Manchester University Press, 1998)
- The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand During the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929-1942 (Oxford University Press, 1993)
- British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-51(Taylor & Francis, 1992)
Co-authored books
- The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana (Atlantic Books, 2021) with Rory Cormac[3]
- Secret Intelligence: A Reader (Routledge, 2019) with Christopher Andrew and Wesley K. Wark
- Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013 (Edinburgh University Press, 2014) with Rory Cormac and Michael S. Goodman
- The Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65: Western Intelligence, Propaganda and Special Operations (Taylor & Francis, 2000) with Ming-Yeh Rawnsley and Gary D. Rawnsley
- Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World (Taylor & Francis, 1994) with Michael F. Hopkins
References
- ^ "Richard J. Aldrich". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ a b Ruby, Mary (2010). Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. Gale Research Inc. ISBN 978-1414439679.
- ^ David, David (2021-10-07). "The Secret Royals by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac review – spying and the crown". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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