Description
Book SynopsisEstablished in the 1940s, the Five Eyes intelligence network consists of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The alliance was integral to shaping domestic and international security decisions during the Cold War, yet much of the intelligence history of these countries remains unknown. In The Bridge in the Parks, intelligence scholars from across the Five Eyes come together to present case studies detailing the varied successes and struggles their countries experienced in the world of Cold War counter-intelligence.
The case studies draw on newly declassified documents on a variety of topics, including civil liberties, agent handling, wiretapping, and international relations. Collectively, these studies highlight how Cold War intelligence history is more nuanced than it has often been portrayed and much like in the world of intelligence, nothing is ever entirely as it seems.
Trade Review"Based on newly released archival material, the book portrays an intelligence world more nuanced than sometimes seen in the literature." -- Kurt F. Jensen *
Intelligence and National Security *
Table of ContentsForeword Reg Whitaker Introduction Dennis G. Molinaro 1. After Gouzenko and “The Case”: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand at the Secret Commonwealth Security Conferences of 1948 and 1951 Greg Kealey and Kerry Taylor 2. Communism, Anti-Communism, and Cold War Repression: The Case of Carl Marzani Marcella Bencivenni 3. Protecting the Family Spirit of the Diplomatic Service: The Foreign Office, Security, and Homosexuality, 1945–53 Dan Lomas and Christopher J. Murphy 4. "Our No. 1 Spy": Counter-Subversion in Cold War Australia Phillip Derry 5. Operation Profunc: The Cold War Plan to Intern Canadian Communists Frances Reilly 6. "A Threat against What?:” Transnational Threat Construction and the Destabilisation of the Canadian Domestic Security Environment in the 1970s Steve Hewitt 7. Hunting “the Canadians”: Wiretapping, Counter-Intelligence, and the Search for Legal Authority Dennis G. Molinaro 8. Ford and the CIA: Spies and Détente John Breen 9. Maintaining Innocence: The Curious Case of Wartime Intelligence History Timothy Andrews Sayle Postscript Reid Morden
