Clive Jones

The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley

Code Name 'Grin'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this biography uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley's commitment to covert action and intelligence during the Second World War and early part of the Cold War, often among tribally based societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781474441162
• ISBN-10: 1474441165
• Artikelnr.: 59509308

Autorenporträt

Clive Jones is Professor of Regional Security (Middle East) in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University and Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Historical Studies, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has published widely on the history and politics of the Middle East with a particular focus on Israel/Palestine and the Gulf. His book Britain and the Yemen Civil War (Sussex Academic Press, 2010) was the subject of a BBC documentary.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. From the Cradle to Palestine
2. From Palestine to Abyssinia
3. Desert Wars
4. From the Regular to Irregular
5. A Matter called 'Concensus'
6. Three Majors. Two for Politics, One for Fighting
7. Burnt but Alive
8. Between Ubon and a Hard Place
9. From Espionage to Sabotage
10. Subversion and the Ceremonial
11. As Tough as Teak
12. Our Man in the Yemen
13. An Uncomplicated Patriot
Acknowledgements
Bibliography