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BAGHDAD'S SPY is the story of Britain's forgeign intelligence service 1958-2001 as told from the unique perspective of the daughter of a senior spy. Corinne Souza breaks the last taboo of British espionage as she describes the impact that Crown service can have on a spy's family.Souza's story begins in Iraq, where, after the murder of the Boy King in 1958, her father was recruited for the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6. She recalls the vivacity of Baghdad's cosmopolitan society in the 1960s and the subsequent arrangements made by the Crown for her father when he later worked from London. In the late '70s, however, his relationship with the State soured and Souza relives the vicious backlash he then faced from the 'No Names' - collegues with concealed identities. In a personal and at times shocking portrait, she examines her espionage inheritance and the price she paid for refusing to follow in her father's footsteps. Controversially, she also reveals the SIS's failure prior to the 1990-91 Gulf War. Through her father's experiences, Souza traces the disintegration of British Intelligence in the Middle East since the late '70's - a legacy that led to Britain be

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Corrine Souza, a regular contributor to the espionage journal Lobster, is an acknowledged expert on Britain's commercial lobbying industry. She is the author of the first Directory of Political Lobbying, and wrote the industry's first expose, So You Want to be a Lobbyist?

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