Cover image for Empire of secrets : British intelligence, the Cold War and the twilight of Empire / Calder Walton.
TITLE:
Empire of secrets : British intelligence, the Cold War and the twilight of Empire / Calder Walton.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : Overlook Press,
Physical Description:
xxxii, 411 pages, [16] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 destabilizeCommunist threats.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781468307153