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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160329903321

Autore

Lomas Daniel W.B.

Titolo

Intelligence, security and the Attlee governments, 1945-51 : an uneasy relationship? / / Daniel W.B. Lomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5261-0946-8

1-5261-2092-5

1-5261-0945-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

320.94109/044

Soggetti

Politics and government

Intelligence service

Foreign relations

Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Cold War

History

Great Britain

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-1964

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Wartime apprenticeship: labour and intelligence during the Second World War -- Lacking intelligence? British intelligence, ministers and the Soviet Union -- The Cold War heats up: propaganda and subversion, 1945-48 -- Britain's secret Cold War offensive: ministers, subversion and special operations, 1948-51 -- The special relationship? Ministers, atomic espionage and Anglo-American relations -- Defending the realm: Labour ministers, vetting and subversion -- Empire, Commonwealth and security -- Conclusion: intelligence and the Labour governments, 1945-51.

Sommario/riassunto

A ground-breaking examination of the Attlee government's intelligence activities during the early stages of the Cold War, drawn from



previously unavailable documents.