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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
British understandings of covert action
From war to peace
Part 1. Cold War
1. False Starts: From Counter-Attack to Liberation
A reactive defensive-offensive
Heating up
Liberation
2. Operation Valuable: Defending Greece, Detaching Albania
An attractive target
Working with Washington
Pilot schemes
Failure
Still Valuable
3. Pinpricks: The Early Cold War
Bevin sidestepped
Undermining the Soviets in Europe
Beyond Europe
4. A Long Game: Exploiting Rifts Behind the Iron Curtain
Conservative caution
Restraining Washington
Exploiting divisions in Russia’s backyard
Part 2. End of Empire
5. Operation Boot: Regime Change in Iran
Subversion
Enter the CIA
Coup and counter-coup
6. Expansion: Covert Action before Suez
Growing momentum
From Yemen to Saudi Arabia
Egypt
7. Interdependence: Covert Action after Suez
Transatlantic cooperation
Working groups
Turning attention to Asia
8. Decolonization and Drift: The Battle for Influence after Empire
A new front line?
Transition to independence
Cooperating with the CIA
Failure to coordinate
9. Militarization: Secret Wars in Yemen and Indonesia
Large-scale deniable operations
Confrontation
Part 3. Age of Illusions
10. Operation Storm and Beyond: From Latin America to Oman
Global thinking
Coups in the Gulf
Storm and beyond
11. Troubles: Covert Action in Northern Ireland
Black propaganda
Hit squads
Collusion
12. Containment: The Second Cold War
The Second Cold War
Maximizing Soviet discomfort
13. Transition: The New Agenda
Supporting the CIA
Transition
A new agenda
14. Counter-Terrorism: Disrupting Threats, Managing Risks
The War on Terror
The Arab Spring and continued counter-terrorism
Conclusion: The British Way
Defensive attempts to maintain the status quo
Caution
Maximizing deniability
Policy integration
Success, failure, and impact
The present as an interruption to the past
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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