Cormac Rory (Associate Professor Of International Relations University Of Nottingham)
Disrupt And Deny Spies Special Forces And The Secret Pursuit Of British Foreign Policy
Disrupt And Deny Spies Special Forces And The Secret Pursuit Of British Foreign Policy
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Description: British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI 6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain tried to foment revolution in Albania blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to Israel and secretly funnelled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan and dissidents in Poland. MI 6 has launched cultural and economic warfare against Iceland and Czechoslovakia. It has tried to instigate coups in Congo Egypt Syria Saudi Arabia Iran and elsewhere. Through bribery and blackmail Britain has rigged elections as colonies moved to independence. Britain has fought secret wars in Yemen Indonesia and Oman - - and discreetly used Special Forces to eliminate enemies from colonial Malaya to Libya during the Arab Spring. This is covert action: a vital though controversial tool of statecraft and perhaps the most sensitive of all government activity. If used wisely it can play an important role in pursuing national interests in a dangerous world. If used poorly it can cause political scandal - - or worse. In Disrupt and Deny Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain's secret scheming against its enemies as well as its friends; of intrigue and manoeuvring within the darkest corridors of Whitehall where officials fought to maintain control of this most sensitive and seductive work; and above all of Britain's attempt to use smoke and mirrors to mask decline. He reveals hitherto secret operations the slush funds that paid for them and the battles in Whitehall that shaped them.
Title: Disrupt And Deny Spies Special Forces And The Secret Pursuit Of British Foreign Policy
Author(s): Cormac Rory (Associate Professor Of International Relations University Of Nottingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198784593
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 7/10/2018
Category: Warfare & Defence
Description: British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI 6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain tried to foment revolution in Albania blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to Israel and secretly funnelled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan and dissidents in Poland. MI 6 has launched cultural and economic warfare against Iceland and Czechoslovakia. It has tried to instigate coups in Congo Egypt Syria Saudi Arabia Iran and elsewhere. Through bribery and blackmail Britain has rigged elections as colonies moved to independence. Britain has fought secret wars in Yemen Indonesia and Oman - - and discreetly used Special Forces to eliminate enemies from colonial Malaya to Libya during the Arab Spring. This is covert action: a vital though controversial tool of statecraft and perhaps the most sensitive of all government activity. If used wisely it can play an important role in pursuing national interests in a dangerous world. If used poorly it can cause political scandal - - or worse. In Disrupt and Deny Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain's secret scheming against its enemies as well as its friends; of intrigue and manoeuvring within the darkest corridors of Whitehall where officials fought to maintain control of this most sensitive and seductive work; and above all of Britain's attempt to use smoke and mirrors to mask decline. He reveals hitherto secret operations the slush funds that paid for them and the battles in Whitehall that shaped them.
Title: Disrupt And Deny Spies Special Forces And The Secret Pursuit Of British Foreign Policy
Author(s): Cormac Rory (Associate Professor Of International Relations University Of Nottingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198784593
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 7/10/2018
Category: Warfare & Defence
