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A ground-breaking examination of the Attlee government's intelligence activities during the early stages of the Cold War, drawn from previously unavailable documents.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Wartime apprenticeship: Labour and intelligence during the Second World War
2. Lacking intelligence? British intelligence, ministers and the Soviet Union
3. The Cold War heats up: propaganda and subversion, 1945-8
4. Britain's secret Cold War offensive: ministers, subversion and special operations, 1948-51
5. The special relationship? Ministers, atomic espionage and Anglo-American relations
6. Defending the realm: Labour ministers, vetting and subversion
7. Empire, Commonwealth and security
Conclusion: intelligence and the Labour governments, 1945-51
Index

Intelligence security and the Attlee governments

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/19/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719099144, 978-0719099144
      ISBN10: 0719099145

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A ground-breaking examination of the Attlee government's intelligence activities during the early stages of the Cold War, drawn from previously unavailable documents.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Wartime apprenticeship: Labour and intelligence during the Second World War
      2. Lacking intelligence? British intelligence, ministers and the Soviet Union
      3. The Cold War heats up: propaganda and subversion, 1945-8
      4. Britain's secret Cold War offensive: ministers, subversion and special operations, 1948-51
      5. The special relationship? Ministers, atomic espionage and Anglo-American relations
      6. Defending the realm: Labour ministers, vetting and subversion
      7. Empire, Commonwealth and security
      Conclusion: intelligence and the Labour governments, 1945-51
      Index

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