Author: WALTON, CALDER
Title: Empire of secrets: British intelligence, the cold war, and the twilight of empire / Calder Walton
Description: New York. NY: Overlook Press 2013. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Description; xxxii. 411 pages: illustrations. map; 24 cm. 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. 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. Subjects; Cold War (1945-1989). 1900-1999. Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century. Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century. Weight in Kg appr.:

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