Open Secret - by Stella Rimington (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

During her career in MI5, which lasted from 1969 to 1996, Stella Rimington worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities--counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism--and became successively Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992. She was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment.

Review Quotes

"The story of MI5's transformation... is fascinating. So too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world." -- "The Guardian"

"The most effective Secret Service is the one which is secret. She should shut up." -- Bernard Ingham

"Stella Rimington deserves our thanks for resisting the bullying of the cabinet office and many of her colleagues and associates in Whitehall and pushing on to publication." -- "New Statesman"