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Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

David Caute

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Description:A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth centuryIn the popular imagination, MI5--or the Security Service--is know chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who pose a threat to the country's national security, from Nazi fifth columnists during the Second World War to Soviet spies during the Cold War and today's domestic extremists. Yet, aided by the release of official documents to the National Archives, David Caute argues in this radical and revelatory history of the Security Service that suspicion often fell on those who posed no threat to national security. Instead, this other history of MI5, ignored in official accounts, was often fueled by the political prejudices of MI5's personnel and involved a huge program of surveillance against anyone who dared question the status quo.Caute, a prominent historian and expert on the history of the Cold War, tells the story of the massive state operation to track the activities of a range of journalists, academics, scientists, filmmakers, writers, and others who, during the twentieth century, the Security Service perceived as a threat to the national interest. Those who were tracked include such prominent figures as Kingsley Amis, George Orwell, Doris Lessing, John Berger, Benjamin Britten, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Foot, Harriet Harman, and others.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. To get started finding Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 432

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Verso

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1839762454

Description: A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth centuryIn the popular imagination, MI5--or the Security Service--is know chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who pose a threat to the country's national security, from Nazi fifth columnists during the Second World War to Soviet spies during the Cold War and today's domestic extremists. Yet, aided by the release of official documents to the National Archives, David Caute argues in this radical and revelatory history of the Security Service that suspicion often fell on those who posed no threat to national security. Instead, this other history of MI5, ignored in official accounts, was often fueled by the political prejudices of MI5's personnel and involved a huge program of surveillance against anyone who dared question the status quo.Caute, a prominent historian and expert on the history of the Cold War, tells the story of the massive state operation to track the activities of a range of journalists, academics, scientists, filmmakers, writers, and others who, during the twentieth century, the Security Service perceived as a threat to the national interest. Those who were tracked include such prominent figures as Kingsley Amis, George Orwell, Doris Lessing, John Berger, Benjamin Britten, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Foot, Harriet Harman, and others.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century. To get started finding Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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