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020			_a9780007457960 (hbk.) : _c25.00 GBP
100	1		_aWALTON Calder
245			_aEmpire of secrets : _bBritish intelligence, the cold war and the twilight of empire / _cCalder Walton.
260			_aLondon : _bHarper Press , _c2013.
300			_axxxii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-393) and index.
520			_aThe 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			_aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS _xHISTORY _x20TH CENTURY
650			_aGREAT BRITAIN _xHISTORY _x20TH CENTURY
650			_aCOLD WAR
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