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.

Richard J. Aldrich
Born
Richard James Aldrich

(1961-12-07) 7 December 1961 (age 62)
Rochdale, England
Children2
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
Doctoral studentsAndrew Mumford
Notable worksThe Secret Royals

Life

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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

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Monographs

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Richard J. Aldrich". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.