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Neutral Countries As Clandestine Battlegrounds, 19391968 - Between Two Fires

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This collection analyzes how rival states used neutral territories as sites of clandestine competition during the Second World War and the Cold War. It also examines how neutral governments coped with challenges to national sovereignty posed by international spies, corrupt officials, and foreign assassins.

List of contents










Chapter 1: Intelligence in Neutral Washington, 1914-1917 and 1939-1941



Chapter 2: "Under Morphia" from Madrid: Abduction and Anglo-Spanish Relations in 1941



Chapter 3: Making Waves: A German Radio in Neutral Ireland and Naval Operations in 1942



Chapter 4: Safe Harbour? Clandestine British and German Activities in Portugal and its Colonies during the Second World War



Chapter 5: Ambiguous Neutrality and Nazi Intelligence in Spain during the Second World War



Chapter 6: Guardians of the "Whispering Gallery"? Switzerland, Neutrality and the Clandestine War



Chapter 7: Clandestine "Comrades": The Comintern, Tito and the Underground Communist Party of Yugoslavia, 1939-1941



Chapter 8: British Preparations for Clandestine War in Greece and the Balkans, 1939-40



Chapter 9: Ankara: Rabbit-Warren of Spies



Chapter 10: Afghanistan, 1937-1945: From Lynchpin to Backwater



Chapter 11: "Berlin of the East": India and the Politics of Cold War Asylum



Chapter 12: André Gerolymatos: An Appreciation

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Edited by André Gerolymatos and Denis Smyth - With James Horncastle - Contributions by Christopher Andrew; Egemen Bezci; Vasilis Dimitriadis; André Gerolymatos; James Horncastle; Katerina Lagos; Alexandra Luce; Paul M. McGarr; David A. Messenger; Eunan O'

Summary

This collection analyzes how rival states used neutral territories as sites of clandestine competition during the Second World War and the Cold War. It also examines how neutral governments coped with challenges to national sovereignty posed by international spies, corrupt officials, and foreign assassins.

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Authors Andre Gerolymatos, Andre Smyth Gerolymatos
Assisted by Andre Gerolymatos (Editor), André Gerolymatos (Editor), Denis Smyth (Editor), Smyth Denis (Editor)
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.12.2021
 
EAN 9781498583220
ISBN 978-1-4985-8322-0
No. of pages 285
Assisted by James Horncastle
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories

Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, military history, Diplomacy

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