MI6 : fifty years of special operations / Stephen Dorril
2000, First Edition. London : Fourth Estate. Good cloth copy with panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age, in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447465
ISBN: 1857020936
Physical description; xv, 907 p. ; 24 cm. Contents; List of Acronyms. Preface. Pt. 1. From Hot to Cold War. p. 1. 1. Second World War. p. 7. 2. Reorganisation: Special Operations. p. 18. 3. Containment. p. 35. 4. 'Uncertain Allies'. p. 49. 5. World-View. p. 58. 6. Propaganda. p. 71. 7. Roll-Back. p. 81. Pt. 2. Front Line. p. 91. 8. Germany had the 3 x 5s. p. 95
9. Austria: The Shooting Gallery. p. 118. 10. Rockets, Bombs and Deception. p. 133. Pt. 3. Soviet Empire. p. 161. 11. Intermarium. p. 165. 12. Promethean League. p. 185. 13. Belorussia. p. 215. 14. Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations. p. 223. 15. Poland. p. 249. 16. Baltic States. p. 268. Pt. 4. Balkans and Russia. p. 301. 17. Greece and the Creation of the Para-State. p. 305. 18. Yugoslavia: The Golden Priest, Stolen Treasure and the Crusaders. p. 328. 19. Musketeers in Albania. p. 355. 20. NTS and 'Young Russians'. p. 404. 21. British and Scottish Leagues for European Freedom. p. 425. Pt. 5. Change. p. 451. 22. European Movement and 'the Battle for Picasso's Mind'. p. 455. 23. Rolling Back 'Roll-Back'. p. 483. 24. Technical Fix. p. 518. Pt. 6. Middle East. p. 529
25. 'Unbroken Dreams'. p. 533. 26. Palestine. p. 543. 27. Cyprus. p. 550
28. Iran: 'Unequal Dreams'. p. 558. 29. Suez: Assassins and Thuggery. p. 600. 30. Macmillan Doctrine. p. 652. 31. Musketeers in Yemen. p. 677. Pt. 7. Modern Times. p. 701. 32. Secret Intelligence Service. p. 703. 33. Last of the Colonial Wars. p. 729. 34. Slow Death of the Cold War. p. 746. 35. New Agenda. p. 758. 36. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. p. 783. Notes. p. 801. Index. p. 863. Subject; MI6 History.
Price: €12.95