Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 448 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK 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...
EMPIRE OF SECRETS PB
$38.11 - $45.59
- UPC:
- 9780007457977
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2001-04-07
- Author:
- Calder Walton
- Language:
- english
Brand: Irwin Professional Pub
The Secret Empire: How 25 Multinationals Rule the World
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