Books in the Government Official History Series series

Presents an analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea.

Drawing heavily on the records of the British Government, this book studies the background to privatization and those carried out during the first two Conservative Governments led by Margaret Thatcher, from May 1979 to June 1987. It is of interest to students of British political history, economics and business studies.

This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyzes the clandestine naval operations that took place during the Second World War.

A study that provides an analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea based on the access to the Government's relevant archives.

Exposes the mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War. This book is useful to scholars and general readers with an interest in the Second World War, intelligence studies and the career of Winston Churchill.

Helps to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets. This title traces the development of this system from nineteenth-century colonial campaigns, through two world wars, to modern operations and counter-terrorism in the post-Cold War era.

Follows the task force to the South Atlantic, through the battles of early May that saw the loss of the Belgrano and the Sheffield, and on to the landings at San Carlos and the eventual surrender of the Argentine garrison.

This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place around Brittany during WWII.

Drawing on classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is an authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. It analyses the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands.

This study, first published in 1966, has been updated from closed government records, to offer a more complete overview of the activities of the SOE and how it fitted into the Allied war effort in the French theatre of operations.