02092nam 2200469 450 991015464430332120231220013420.01-78170-735-9(CKB)3710000000340241(StDuBDS)EDZ0000982809(EXLCZ)99371000000034024120141118d2014 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA matter of intelligence MI5 and the surveillance of anti-Nazi refugees, 1933-50 /Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove[electronic resource]Manchester :Manchester University Press,2014.1 online resource (vi, 254 pages)0-7190-9079-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.World War, 1939-1945RefugeesGreat BritainIntelligence serviceGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPolitical refugeesGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGermansGreat BritainHistory20th centuryAustriansGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945RefugeesIntelligence serviceHistoryPolitical refugeesHistoryGermansHistoryAustriansHistory327.124100944Brinson Charmian1110876Dove Richard1938-2022,StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910154644303321A matter of intelligence2881311UNINA