Fakers, 9780198917007
Hardcover
Cold War forgeries: where deception reigned and nothing was as it seemed.
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Fakers

a top-secret tale of phantoms and forgeries on the disinformation front line

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  • Hardcover

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    5 August 2026

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Summary

Fakers: Unmasking Britain’s Cold War Forgery Empire

Intrigue, espionage, and deception reign in this exposé of 8,000 once top-secret files, so explosive their authors never dreamed they would see the light of day.

Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain’s Cold War forgery empire. Their audacious mission: to disrupt and discredit adversaries worldwide using phantom groups, fake sources, and counterfeit documents.

At the helm was Hans…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198917007
ISBN-10:0198917007
Author:Rory Cormac
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:5 August 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Rory Cormac

Rory Cormac is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He writes about covert operations and secret statecraft, and is the author or co-author of six books, including How to Stage a Coup (2022), Disrupt and Deny (2018), and The Secret Royals (2021). He has presented television documentaries aired in the UK, US, and Australia, his research and commentary writing have featured in media outlets worldwide including The Spectator, and he has testified before UK and Australian parliamentary inquiries on subversion, disinformation, and electoral interference.

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