Britannia and the Bear: The Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929 - Paperback

$70.76

Britannia and the Bear: The Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929 - Paperback

Name: Britannia and the Bear: The Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929 - Paperback
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SKU: 9781783271535
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by Victor Madeira (Author)

Now in paperback, a compelling narrative about how two Great Powers of the early twentieth century did battle, both openly and in the shadows

Decades before the Berlin Wall went up, a Cold War had already begun raging. But for Bolshevik Russia, Great Britain - not America - was the enemy. Now, for the first time, Victor Madeira tells a story that has been hidden away for nearly a century. Drawing on over sixty Russian, British and French archival collections, Britannia and the Bear offers a compelling new narrative about how two great powers did battle, both openly and in the shadows.
By exploring British and Russian mind-sets of the time this book traces the links between wartime social unrest, growing trade unionism in the police and the military, and Moscow's subsequent infiltration of Whitehall. As earlyas 1920, Cabinet ministers were told that Bolshevik intelligence wanted to recruit university students from prominent families destined for government, professional and intellectual circles. Yet despite these early warnings, men such as the Cambridge Five slipped the security net fifteen years after the alarm was first raised.
Now in paperback, Britannia and the Bear tells the story of Russian espionage in Britain in these critical interwar years and reveals how British Government identified crucial lessons but failed to learn many of them. The book underscores the importance of the first Cold War in understanding the second, as well as the need for historical perspective in interpreting the mind-sets of rival powers.

Victor Madeira has a decade's experience in international security affairs, and his work has appeared in leading publications such as Intelligence and National Security and The Historical Journal. He completed his doctorate in Modern International History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Number of Pages: 343

Dimensions: 0.72 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN

Publication Date: October 21, 2016

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