1st Edition
Plots and Paranoia A History of Political Espionage in Britain 1790-1988
By Bernard Porter
Copyright 1989
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Britain’s secret state exists to protect her from ‘enemies within’. It has always aroused controversy; on the one hand it is credited with preventing wars, revolutions and terrorism and on the other it is accused of subverting democratically elected governments and luring innocents to death. What is the true story? The book, first published in 1992, delves beneath the myths and deceptions... Read more
Preface; Chapter 1 Sly and subtil fellowes (4000 BC to AD 1790); Chapter 2 The most powerful means of observation (1790–1805); Chapter 3 Spies and bloodites! (1805–25); Chapter 4 Mild and paternal government (1825–50); Chapter 5 No police over opinion (1850–80); Chapter 6 A permanent organization to detect and control (1880–1910); Chapter 7 A holy alliance against this midnight terror (1910–20); Chapter 8 Dangers ahead (1920–40); Chapter 9 Dazzled and confused (1940–70); Chapter 10 Dungeons and dragons (1970–88); Epilogue;
Biography
Bernard Porter
