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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
About the author
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.