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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
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    Military intelligence Politics and government

    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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