As John le Carr \'s fictional Intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British Intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of Secret operations.
Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal after action assessments of Intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and original perspective on the emergence of British Intelligence culture over a period stretching.
As John le Carr \'s fictional Intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British Intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of Secret operations