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Nigel West
Nigel West, one of the world’s most prolific commentators on intelligence matters, has authored and edited more than three dozen books on various aspects of intelligence. He has compiled several volumes of the Scarecrow Press series of Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, including volumes on British counterintelligence, Cold War intelligence, naval intelligence, and signals intelligence. He has also written four novels. His most recent book is Cold War Counterfeit Spies: Tales of Espionage; Genuine or Bogus? (Barnsley, UK: Frontline Books, 2016). In 2003, he received the Lifetime Literature Achievement Award from the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). Under his given name, Rupert Allason, Mr. West was an elected member of the British House of Commons in London for a decade.