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Bezig met laden... Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire (origineel 2013; editie 2014)door Calder Walton (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A book on a little known topic, British intelligence and it's role in the last two decades of the British Empire. The first chapters on the pre-war and WWII era were quite revealing and helped to set the scene for the post war crises within the Empire. I thought that this book achieved two things, firstly it highlighted the role that British intelligence made to the independent countries of the Commonwealth. Secondly it demonstrated the lack of learning that each of the post war conflicts brought. Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus and Aden all saw the same broad problems and the same relearning of lessons that should have already have been learnt. While the book doesn't cover Northern Ireland at all, it is clear that those problems continued there. An excellent book that brings to the forefront the role of British Intelligence within the Empire and Commonwealth up until the mid 1960's. ( ) Perfidious Albion! Calder Walton is a professional historian now working as a barrister. This excellent book - complete with footnotes; bibliography and comprehensive index - looks at the history of various intelligence services (MI5, MI6, Special Branch to name but three) . When one considers the breadth of the British Empire and the collapse of that empire post WWII it is most revealing to see the hand the British had in establishing secret services throughout Africa, the Sub-continent, the Caribbean, Cyprus, the Middle East. It comes as no surprise that the various secret services share information. Walton has accessed a great deal of material which has only become available since the opening of archives by the Russians. The writing style is a little ponderous and at times Walton gives the impression of being of the establishment but that might be my prejudices coming through. Above all else it is a "good read" and worthy of the four star rating.. Reviewed in the FT Exit strategists: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c270de0c-6ed0-11e2-9ded-00144feab49a.html
The fruit of nearly a decade’s research, Empire of Secrets is an important addition to the literature on decolonisation.
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)353.1709045Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Specific fields of public administration Of National SecurityLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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