Red List - Mi5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century.

List of contents

Note on Sources ix
List of Abbreviations x
Introduction 1

PART I 9

1. MI5 and the First World War 11
2. MI5 and the Communist Party of Great Britain 30

PART II 45

3. Dangerous Voices, Disloyal Pens 47
4. Theatre and Players 98
5. Film Censorship 118
6. Discordant Musicians 125

PART III 133

7. History as Heresy 135
8. Veteran Academics 178
9. Black Liberation and the Africanists 186

PART IV 219

10. Science and Treachery 221

PART V 255

11. Not to Be Trusted 257
12. Illegitimate Lawyers 271
13. Publish and Be Damned 284
14. The BBC Toes the Line 300
15. Art and Design 312

PART VI 339

16. MI5 and the Labour Left 341
Conclusion. MI5 and ‘Subversion’ 356

About the author

David Caute, a quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society. His recent books include Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic; Politics and the Novel During the Cold War; and The Dancer Defects.

Summary

A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: David Caute
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781839762451
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-245-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 20th Century, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance