The hidden hand : Britain, America, and Cold War secret intelligence / Richard J. Aldrich
2001, 1st edition. London : John Murray. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416471
ISBN: 0719554233
Physical description; xv, 733 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-716) and index. Contents; Historians of Secret Service and their Enemies -- pt. I. From World War to Cold War, 1941-1945. 1. Fighting with the Russians. 2. A Cold War in Whitehall. 3. Secret Service at the War's End: SIS and the CIA -- pt. II. The Cold War Gets Going, 1945-1949. 4. MI5: Defectors, Spy-trials and Subversion. 5. The Counter-Offensive: From CRD to IRD. 6. The Fifth Column of Freedom: Britain Embraces Liberation. 7. Liberation or Provocation? Special Operations in the Eastern Bloc. 8. The Front Line: Intelligence in Germany and Austria. 9. Operation Dick Tracy: Air Intelligence in London and Washington. 10. The Failure of Atomic Intelligence. 11. GCHQ: Signals Intelligence Looks East. 12. Defeat in Palestine -- pt. III. The Cold War Turns Hot, 1950-1956. 13. The Korean War.
14. Cold War Fighting in Asia. 15. The Struggle to Contain Liberation. 16. The CIA's Federalist Operation: ACUE and the European Movement. 17. Atomic Deception and Atomic Intelligence. 18. At the Coal Face: Intelligence-Gathering. 19. Moles and Defectors: The Impact of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. 20. At Home and Abroad: The Information Research Department. 21. Defeat in the Middle East: Iran and Suez. 22. Victory in Malaya -- pt. IV. The Cold War Widens, 1957-1963. 23. Submarines, Spy-flights and Shoot-downs: Intelligence after Suez. 24. Missiles and Mergers: Strategic Intelligence. 25. Cyprus: The Last Foothold. 26. Working Groups: Special Operations in the Third Wold. 27. The Hidden Hand Exposed: From the Bay of Pigs to Profumo. 'Behind the scenes of history' -- App. Note by John Drew of Chiefs of Staff and SIS, 1949. Subjects; United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Great Britain, MI6. USA Central Intelligence Agency. Intelligence service History 20th century. Cold War. Espionage, British History 20th century.
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