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Empire of secrets : British intelligence, the Cold War, and the twilight of empire
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- ISBN: 9781468307153 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1468307150 (hc.)
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xxxii, 411 p. : ill. , map ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York, NY: Overlook Press, 2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-393) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Victoria's secrets: British Intelligence and Empire before the Second World War -- Strategic deception: British Intelligence, Special Operations and Empire in the Second World War -- 'The Red Light is Definitely Showing': M15, the British Mandate of Palestine and Zionist terrorism -- The Empire strikes back: the British Secret State and Imperial Security in the early Cold War -- Jungle warfare: British Intelligence and the Malayan emergency -- British Intelligence and the setting sun on Britain's African Empire -- British Intelligence, covert action and counter-insurgency in the Middle East -- Conclusion: British Intelligence: the last penumbra of Empire. |
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| Subject: | Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Cold War Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century |
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Summary:
Discusses how Great Britain and the intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but virtually unseen role throughout the Cold War, revealing violent counterinsurgencies, urban warfare campaigns, and other sobering acts committed in an effort to destabilize Communist threats.
