Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy 9780198784593, 9780191087530, 3100616286, 0198784597

Table of contents :
Introduction: Covert ActionPart I - Cold War1: False Starts: From Counter Attack to Liberation2: Operation Valuable: Defending Greece
Detaching Albania3: Pinpricks: The Early Cold War4: A Long Game: Exploiting Rifts Behind the Iron CurtainPart II - End of Empire5: Operations Boot: Regime Change in Iran6: Expansion: Covert Action Before Suez7: Interdependence: Covert Action After Suez8: Decolonisation and Drift: The Battle for Influence after Empire9: Militarisation: Secret Wars in Yemen and IndonesiaPart III - Age of Illusions10: Operation Storm and Beyond: From Latin America to Oman11: Troubles: Covert Action in Northern Ireland12: Containment: The Second Cold War13: Transition: The New Agenda14: Counter-Terrorism: Disrupting Threats
Managing RiskConclusion: The British WayBibliographyIndex

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