Rory Cormac (Univer Associate Professor of International Relations

Disrupt and Deny

Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

In Disrupt and Deny, Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain's secret scheming against its enemies, as well as its friends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 138mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780198784609
• ISBN-10: 0198784600
• Artikelnr.: 60859344

Autorenporträt

Rory Cormac is a Professor of International Relations specialising in Secret Intelligence and Covert Action at the University of Nottingham. Alongside Richard J. Aldrich, he has researched and fronted two documentaries for Channel 4: Spying on the Royals (2017) and D-Day: The King who Fooled Hitler (2019). Rory has spoken at the UK Cabinet Office, Home Office and Ministry of Defence, as well as the US State Department and Pentagon.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Covert Action
Part I - Cold War
1: False Starts: From Counter Attack to Liberation
2: Operation Valuable: Defending Greece; Detaching Albania
3: Pinpricks: The Early Cold War
4: A Long Game: Exploiting Rifts Behind the Iron Curtain
Part II - End of Empire
5: Operations Boot: Regime Change in Iran
6: Expansion: Covert Action Before Suez
7: Interdependence: Covert Action After Suez
8: Decolonisation and Drift: The Battle for Influence after Empire
9: Militarisation: Secret Wars in Yemen and Indonesia
Part III - Age of Illusions
10: Operation Storm and Beyond: From Latin America to Oman
11: Troubles: Covert Action in Northern Ireland
12: Containment: The Second Cold War
13: Transition: The New Agenda
14: Counter-Terrorism: Disrupting Threats; Managing Risk
Conclusion: The British Way
Bibliography
Index