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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154644303321

Autore

Brinson Charmian

Titolo

A matter of intelligence : MI5 and the surveillance of anti-Nazi refugees, 1933-50 / / Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-78170-735-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 254 pages)

Disciplina

327.124100944

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Great Britain

Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Political refugees - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Germans - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Austrians - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study traces the development of MI5 surveillance of German-speaking refugees through the case files of some of its individual targets and of the main refugee organisations; it also considers the refugees' British supporters and the refugee informants who spied on fellow-refugees, as well as MI5's tussles with the Home Office and other official bodies. Finally, it assesses how successful - or how useful - this hidden surveillance exercise actually was.