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Empire Of Secrets Pb

By Calder Walton

Category: Non-Fiction

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Calder Walton  |  Barcode: 9780007457977

The winner of the 2013 Longman-History Today Book Prize is the gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire . Against the background of the Cold War. and the looming spectre of Soviet-sponsored subversion in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions. the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but top secret role in passing power to newly independent national states across the globe. Mining recently declassified intelligence records. Calder Walton reveals this 'missing link' in Britain's post-war history. He sheds new light on everything from violent counter-insurgencies fought by British forces in the jungles of Malaya and Kenya. to urban warfare campaigns conducted in Palestine and the Arabian Peninsula. Drawing o...

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Pages
448
Language
English
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2014-01-30
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780007457977
Dimensions
12.9 x 3.3 x 19.81 cm
Author(s)
Calder Walton

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Calder Walton

Empire Of Secrets Pb

Dhs. 50.00

The winner of the 2013 Longman-History Today Book Prize is the gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire . Against the background of the Cold War. and the looming spectre of Soviet-sponsored subversion in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions. the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but top secret role in passing power to newly independent national states across the globe. Mining recently declassified intelligence records. Calder Walton reveals this 'missing link' in Britain's post-war history. He sheds new light on everything from violent counter-insurgencies fought by British forces in the jungles of Malaya and Kenya. to urban warfare campaigns conducted in Palestine and the Arabian Peninsula. Drawing o...

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