Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire (2013)par Calder Walton
Aucun Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. 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. Prix et récompenses
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)353.1709045Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Specific fields of public administration Of National SecurityClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |