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How To Stage A Coup

And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft

by Rory Cormac ...

'A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft... Fascinating' Jonathan Rugman 'Rich in anecdote and detail.' The Times Today's world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft and the hidden hand to navigate these uncertain waters. From poisonings to electoral interference, subversion to cyber ... Read more

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'A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft... Fascinating' Jonathan Rugman 'Rich in anecdote and detail.' The Times Today's world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft and the hidden hand to navigate these uncertain waters. From poisonings to electoral interference, subversion to cyber
... Read more
Fakers

A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line

by Rory Cormac ...

Intrigue, espionage, and deception. The truth behind 8,000 once top-secret files, so explosive their authors never dreamed they would be released. Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire. Their secret mission was audacious: to disrupt and discredit adversaries across the world using phantom groups, fake sources, and counterfeit documents. The ... Read more

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Intrigue, espionage, and deception. The truth behind 8,000 once top-secret files, so explosive their authors never dreamed they would be released. Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire. Their secret mission was audacious: to disrupt and discredit adversaries across the world using phantom groups, fake sources, and counterfeit documents. The
... Read more
Spy Chiefs: Volume 1

Intelligence Leaders in the United States and United Kingdom

by Christopher Moran, Mark Stout, Ioanna Iordanou, Michael Graziano, Matthew H. Fay, James Lockhart0, Andrew Hammond1, Betsy Rohaly Smoot2, David Hatch3, Richard J. Aldrich4, Michael S. Goodman5, Rory Cormac6, Danny Steed7, Michael L. VanBlaricum8, Joseph Oldham9 ...

In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of intelligence?This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign affairs and ... Read more

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In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of intelligence?This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign affairs and
... Read more
Disrupt and Deny

Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy

by Rory Cormac ...

British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in ... Read more

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British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in
... Read more

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The Black Door

Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers

by Richard Aldrich, Rory Cormac ...

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through ... Read more

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The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through
... Read more

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Crown, Cloak, and Dagger

The British Monarchy and Secret Intelligence from Victoria to Elizabeth II

by Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History
Surprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligenceThe British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the British State. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers a new history of how the two have been inextricably linked from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac unveil a ... Read more

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Surprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligenceThe British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the British State. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers a new history of how the two have been inextricably linked from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac unveil a
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Covert Action

National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention

by Magda Long, Rory Cormac, Mark Stout, Jeffrey P. Rogg, Marco Munier, William A. Stoltz, Jens Wegener0, Steven Wagner1, Melinda Haas2, Paul M. McGarr3, Philippe B. Nader4, Joanisval B. Goncalves5, Nihat A. Ozcan6, Egemen Bezci7, Kevin A. O'Brien8, Folahanmi Aina9, Jennifer Mathers0, Kiril Avramov1, Daniela Richterova2, Peter Rendek3, Radek Schovanek4, Stephan Blancke5, Sara B. Castro6, Damien Van Puyvelde8 ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History
A comparative international perspective challenges conventional narratives about unacknowledged intervention"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and ... Read more

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A comparative international perspective challenges conventional narratives about unacknowledged intervention"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and
... Read more

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Confronting the Colonies

British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency

by Rory Cormac ...

Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, Confronting the Colonies considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy responses to, insurgent threats. Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the ... Read more

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Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, Confronting the Colonies considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy responses to, insurgent threats. Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the
... Read more
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Covert Action

National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention

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16 hours 49 min

"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and controversial form of secret statecraft, and it has become a ubiquitous feature of international politics. ... Read more

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"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and controversial form of secret statecraft, and it has become a ubiquitous feature of international politics.
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Disrupt and Deny

Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy

by Rory Cormac ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

13 hours 8 min

British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in Albania, blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in Albania, blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to
... Read more

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Crown, Cloak, and Dagger

The British Monarchy and Secret Intelligence from Victoria to Elizabeth II

by Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

15 hours 58 min

Surprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligenceThe British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the British State. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers a new history of how the two have been inextricably linked from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac unveil a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Surprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligenceThe British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the British State. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers a new history of how the two have been inextricably linked from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac unveil a
... Read more

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The Black Door

Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers

by Richard Aldrich, Rory Cormac ...

Narrated by Tom Clegg ...

Unabridged

25 hours 42 min

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through ... Read more

$44.99 USD

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The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through
... Read more

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