The Secret War Between the Wars: MI5 in the 1920s and 1930s

The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity of the British in the pre-Second World War era focused on immediate threats posed by subversive, clandestine networks against a backdrop of shifting great power politics.

List of contents

Introduction: The Architecture of British Intelligence
Official Cover: Nikolai Klishko and the Russian Trade Delegation
Counter-Subversion: Labour Unrest and the General Strike of 1926
Recruitment and Handling: Macartney, Ewer and the Cambridge Five
Penetration Agents (I): Maxwell Knight, the CPGB and the Woolwich Arsenal
Penetration Agents (II): Maxwell Knight, Fascist Organisations and the Right Club
Defection and Debriefing (I): Walter Krivitsky
Defection and Debriefing (II): Walter Krivitsky
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

About the author

Kevin Quinlan

Summary

The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity of the British in the pre-Second World War era focused on immediate threats posed by subversive, clandestine networks against a backdrop of shifting great power politics.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Quinlan, Kevin (Customer) Quinlan
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9781843839385
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-938-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 654 g
• Series: History of British Intelligence; History of British Intelligence; History of British Intelligenc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education