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Empire of secrets

British intelligence, the cold war, and the twilight of empire

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An edition of Empire of secrets (2013)

Empire of secrets

British intelligence, the cold war, and the twilight of empire

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  • 3 Want to read

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.

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English
Pages
411

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Subjects

Intelligence service, Colonies, Cold War, History, International relations, Great britain, colonies, history, Intelligence service, great britain, Great britain, history, 20th century

Places

Great Britain

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Empire of Secrets
Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire
2014, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: Empire of secrets
Empire of secrets: british intelligence in the cold war and the twilight of empire
2014, Overlook Press
in English
Cover of: Empire of Secrets
Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire
2014, ABRAMS (Ignition)
in English
Cover of: Empire of Secrets
Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire
2013, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: Empire of secrets
Empire of secrets: British intelligence, the cold war, and the twilight of empire
2013
in English
Cover of: Empire of Secrets
Empire of Secrets
2013, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: Empire of secrets
Empire of secrets: British intelligence, the Cold War and the twilight of Empire
2013, Harper Press
in English

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
353.1709045
Library of Congress
JN329.I6 W35 2013, JN329.I6

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxii, 411 pages
Number of pages
411

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26919666M
Internet Archive
empireofsecretsb0000walt
ISBN 10
1468307150
ISBN 13
9781468307153
OCLC/WorldCat
829451572
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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