Decades before the Berlin Wall went up, a Cold War had already begun raging. But for Bolshevik Russia, Great Britain - not America - was the enemy. Now, for the first time, Victor Madeira tells a story that has been hidden away for nearly a century. Drawing on over sixty Russian, British and French...

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1. Verfasser:	Madeira, Victor ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK The Boydell Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:	History of British intelligence
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1917-1929 Espionage, Soviet / Great Britain / History Außenpolitik Spionage Great Britain / Foreign relations / Soviet Union Soviet Union / Foreign relations / Great Britain Soviet Union / Foreign relations / 1917-1945 Sowjetunion Großbritannien
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Decades before the Berlin Wall went up, a Cold War had already begun raging. But for Bolshevik Russia, Great Britain - not America - was the enemy. Now, for the first time, Victor Madeira tells a story that has been hidden away for nearly a century. Drawing on over sixty Russian, British and French archival collections, Britannia and the Bear offers a compelling new narrative about how two great powers of the time did battle, both openly and in theshadows. By exploring British and Russian mind-sets of the time this book traces the links between wartime social unrest, growing trade unionism in the police and the military, and Moscow's subsequent infiltration of Whitehall. As early as 1920, Cabinet ministers were told that Bolshevik intelligence wanted to recruit university students from prominent families destined for government, professional and intellectual circles. Yet despite these early warnings, men such as the Cambridge Five slipped the security net fifteen years after the alarm was first raised. Britannia and the Bear tells the story of Russian espionage in Britain in these critical interwar years and reveals how British Government identified crucial lessons but failed to learn many of them. The book underscores the importance of the first Cold War in understanding the second, as well as the need for historical perspective ininterpreting the mind-sets of rival powers
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Feb 2023) Machine generated contents note: pt. I First Symptoms -- 1.The Committee -- 2.The Mutinies -- pt. II Diagnosis -- 3.The Agreement -- 4.The Fall -- pt. III Shock Therapy -- 5.The Letter -- 6.The Strike -- 7.The Raids
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 317 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781782042464
DOI:	10.1017/9781782042464