Empire of secrets : (Record no. 26388)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01857cam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780007457960 (hbk.) : |
| Terms of availability | 25.00 GBP |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | WALTON Calder |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Empire of secrets : |
| Remainder of title | British intelligence, the cold war and the twilight of empire / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Calder Walton. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harper Press , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire. Against the background of the Cold War, and the looming spectre of Soviet-sponsored subversion in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions, the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but top secret role in passing power to newly independent national states across the globe. Mining recently declassified intelligence records, Calder Walton reveals this 'missing link' in Britain's post-war history. He sheds new light on everything from violent counter-insurgencies fought by British forces in the jungles of Malaya and Kenya, to urban warfare campaigns conducted in Palestine and the Arabian Peninsula. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified documents, as well as hitherto overlooked personal papers, this is also the first book to draw on records from the Foreign Office's secret archive at Hanslope Park, which contains some of the darkest and most shameful secrets from the last days of Britain's empire. Packed with incidents straight out of a John le Carre novel, Empire of Secrets is an exhilarating read by an exciting new voice in intelligence history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
| General subdivision | HISTORY |
| -- | 20TH CENTURY |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | GREAT BRITAIN |
| General subdivision | HISTORY |
| -- | 20TH CENTURY |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | COLD WAR |
| 945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
| i | 41693-3001 |
| r | Y |
| s | Y |
| 945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
| i | 41693-2001 |
| r | Y |
| s | Y |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 03/03/2014 | 327.1241 WAL | 41693-3001 | 03/01/2024 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book | |||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Pusat Pendidikan Sekuriti | Pusat Pendidikan Sekuriti | On-Shelf | 19/02/2014 | 327.1241 WAL | 41693-2001 | 10/04/2014 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |