Disrupt and deny : spies, special forces, and the secret pursuit of British foreign policy / Rory Cormac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cormac, Rory, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History.

Intelligence service.

Spies--Great Britain--History.

Spies.

Disinformation--Great Britain--History.

Disinformation.

Secret service--Great Britain--History.

Secret service.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii, 394 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Part I Cold War

1 False Starts: From Counter-Attack to Liberation p. 19

2 Operation Valuable: Defending Greece, Detaching Albania p. 38

3 Pinpricks: The Early Cold War p. 57

4 A Long Game: Exploiting Rifts Behind the Iron Curtain p. 73

Part II End of Empire

5 Operation Boot: Regime Change in Iran p. 91

6 Expansion: Covert Action before Suez p. 109

7 Interdependence: Covert Action after Suez p. 127

8 Decolonization and Drift: The Battle for Influence after Empire p. 142

9 Militarization; Secret Wars in Yemen and Indonesia p. 162

Part III Age of Illusions

10 Operation Storm and Beyond: From Latin America to Oman p. 181

11 Troubles: Covert Action in Northern Ireland p. 197

12 Containment: The Second Cold War p. 215

13 Transition: The New Agenda p. 231

14 Counter-Terror ism: Disrupting Threats, Managing Risks p. 250

Conclusion: The British Way p. 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0198784597

9780198784593

OCLC:

1002116440