Peter Martland (born July 1947) is a historian at

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. He began studying at Corpus Christi College in 1982, receiving an MA and PhD in history before becoming a fellow of the college after completion of his PhD in 1992. He is a specialist in the history of the music industry, and in British and American intelligence history. He was one of the researchers for the official history of Britain's domestic intelligence service,

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, which was published in 2009 by Christopher Andrew as ''In defence of the realm: The authorised history of the British Security Service'' (London, 2009). In December 2016, the ''

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'' stated that, along with Sir

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, Martland had quit the

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after concerns that it might be under infiltration by the

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Selected publications

*''Since Records Began: EMI – the first 100 years''. London, 1997. *''The future of the Past''. London, 2002. *''Corpus Lives''. Cambridge, 2003. *''Lord Haw Haw: the English voice of Nazi Germany''. London, 2003. *''Footprints on the sands of time''. California, 2005. *''Recording history: the British record industry, 1888-1931''. Lanham, 2013.

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