>I hope that you will all be pleased to hear that my PhD thesis on the SIS,
>'Organisational Development of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service
>1909-1979' was defended last Thursday with success.
>
>The viva (defence) lasted 50 minutes, the second shortest viva in the
>history of the department, the thesis was passed 'without corrections'.
First of all congratulations to Phil on defending his thesis. It's nice to
know that one of us really knows what he's talking about. I am curious how
Phil was able to find documentation on the subject especially considering
the British "Official Secrets Act." Most research on Intelligence
Services is "journalistic history" which means, in general, that the author
interviews a lot of people "off the record" and the reader has to blindly
accept that the author is accurate. A Phd thesis on the other hand, has to
be well documented.
>The next task is, of course, to get the thing published as a book.
I would like to read it.
Ed Ehrlich <eehrlich@shani.net>