The Secret State
Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010
$45.43
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2010
Summary
Peter Hennessy’s expanded edition of the classic The Secret State, describing British security services’ attempts to combat the threats of the IRA and Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.
This updated edition of The Secret State revises Hennessy’s picture of the Soviet threat that was presented to ministers from the last days of the Second World War to the 1960s. He maps the size and shape of the Cold War state built in response to that perceived threat, and traces the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141044699 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141044691 |
| Author: | Peter Hennessy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Peter Hennessy
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of Never Again- Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes); the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State (all Penguin).
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