1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461867603321

Titolo

The Atlantic Pact forty years later [[electronic resource] ] : a historical reappraisal / / edited by Ennio Di Nolfo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1991

ISBN

3-11-085789-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Di NolfoEnnio <1930->

Disciplina

341.7/2

Soggetti

National security - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Section 1. The Negotiations leading to the Pact -- The Forming of the Atlantic Pact: Some Problems of Interpretation / DI NOLFO, ENNIO -- The First Stage of Negotiations: December 1947 to June 1948 / VARSORI, ANTONIO -- The Final Stage of Negotiations: December 1948 to April 1949 / BARIÉ, OTTAVIO -- Section 2. The Attitudes of the Countries Involved -- The Atlantic Pact as a Problem of U.S. Diplomacy / SMITH, GADDIS -- Great Britain and the Atlantic Pact / OVENDALE, RITCHIE -- France and the Origins of the Atlantic Pact / BAGNATO, BRUNA -- The Other "German Question". The Foundation of the Atlantic Pact and the Problem of Security against Germany / WIGGERSHAUS, NORBERT -- Nordic Union or Western Alliance? Scandinavia at the Crossroads 1948-1949 / RISTE, OLAV -- The Origins of Western Defense. Belgian and Dutch Perspectives 1940-1949 / WIEBES, CIES / ZEEMAN, BERT -- The Eastern European Countries and the Birth of the Atlantic Alliance / BOCZEK, BOLESLAW ADAM -- Defense or Liberation of Europe. The Strategies of the West against a Soviet Attack (1947-1950) / LEONARDIS, MASSIMO DE -- Section 3. Italy and the Atlantic Pact -- De Gasperi, the Christian Democrats and the Atlantic Treaty / PASTORELLI, PIETRO -- The Italian Left and the Atlantic Pact: The Nation vs. Proletarian Internationalism / GALANTE, SEVERINO -- The Italian Military and the Atlantic Pact / NUTI, LEOPOLDO -- The Authors -- Index of Names -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The Atlantic Pact Forty Years Later: A Historical Reappraisal



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779514703321

Autore

Szechi Daniel

Titolo

The dangerous trade [[electronic resource] ] : spies, spymasters and the making of Europe / / edited by Daniel Szechi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dundee, : Dundee University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-84586-155-8

1-4744-7298-2

1-84586-219-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SzechiD (Daniel)

Soggetti

Espionage - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Diego Guzmán de Silva and Sixteenth-century Venice""; ""Oxenstierna�s Spies""; ""�Woeful Knight�""; ""Nathaniel Hooke and the Dynamics of Covert Operations in Eighteenth-century France""; ""The Fallen Politician�s Way Back In""; ""Giacomo Casanova and the Venetian Inquisitors""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the secret history of Europe. Drawing on the latest research by experts in the field, it opens up the hidden world of the Dangerous Trade: the spying and secret operations that made and broke European nations between 1500 and 1800. Espionage, blackmail and bribery were the Trade's regular tools; assassination, provoking civil war and black propaganda were the ones used for 'special' occasions. But who were the practitioners of these dark arts? How were they recruited? What did they achieve? By exploring the lives of spies and secret agents such as Giacomo Casanova, Nathaniel Hooke, Melchor de Macanaz and many more, the book reveals the unknown story that underlies the making of modern Europe.