pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: BRITISH SPIES AND IRISH REBELS
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AND IRELAND, 1916-1945
By: Paul McMahon
Format: Hardback

List price: £75.00


We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source it.

ISBN 10: 184383376X
ISBN 13: 9781843833765
Publisher: BOYDELL & BREWER LTD
Pub. date: 19 June, 2008
Pages: 540
Description: Britain was confronted by the bombs and bullets of militant republicans, the clandestine intrigues of foreign powers and the strategic dangers of Ireland's wartime neutrality - a final, irrevocable step in the country's difficult transition to independence. This book reveals how the British intelligence system responded to these threats.
Synopsis: One of the "Irish Times"' Books of the Year, 2008 Rebellion, partition and a messy peace settlement ensured that Ireland was a constant thorn in Britain's side after 1916. Britain was confronted by the bombs and bullets of militant republicans, the clandestine intrigues of foreign powers and the strategic dangers of Ireland's wartime neutrality - a final, irrevocable step in the country's difficult transition to independence. Using newly-opened archives, this book reveals for the first time how the British intelligence system responded to these threats. It lifts the lid on the underground activities of Britain's secret agencies - MI5, MI6/SIS and the Special Branch. It puts secret intelligence in the context of the government's other sources of information and explores how deep-rooted cultural stereotypes distorted intelligence and shaped perceptions. And it shows how, for decades, British intelligence struggled to cope with Ireland but then rose to the challenge after 1940, largely because the Dublin government began to share its secrets.The author casts light on characters long kept in the shadows - IRA gunrunners, Bolshevik agitators, Nazi agents, Irish loyalists who acted as British spies. His compelling book fills a gap in the history of the British intelligence community and helps explain the twists and turns of Anglo-Irish relations during a time of momentous change. This is the first volume in an exciting new series, the "History of British Intelligence". Paul McMahon gained his PhD from Cambridge University.
Illustrations: 37 black and white, 1 line drawing
Publication: UK
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill (Hardback)
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: Britain 1930-1997 (Paperback)
Hodder Education
Our Price : £10.22
more details
Why Britain is at War (Paperback)
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £6.56
more details
Angela's Ashes (Paperback)
HarperCollins Publishers
Our Price : £8.02
more details
Black Diamonds (Paperback)
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £9.48
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 HUMANITIES
 history
 british & irish history
 british & irish history: from c 1900 -


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
World’s Worst Superheroes GET READY FOR SOME SUPERSIZED FUN!
add to basket





New
No Cheese, Please! A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
add to basket

New
My Brother Is a Superhero Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
add to basket


Picture Book
Animal Actions: Snap Like a Crab
By:
The first title in a new preschool series from Guilherme Karsten.
add to basket