As democratic oversight vanished, colonial violence reached a new pitch, with lasting consequences in the Middle East, British attitudes towards the state, and, and military tactics. The book offers a new understanding of the legacies of the Great War and of the British empire in the twentieth ...
She sabotaged communications on the River Danube. She was the longest serving SOE female agent. After the war ended, she was awarded the George Medal, and she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, an award usually handed out to lieutenant colonels. One of her pseudonyms...
Spies in monks' clothing: as the British Empire expanded across the Indian subcontinent during the 19th century, concerns about the threat from Imperial Russia to the north created a pressing need for detailed cartographic knowledge of the vast, little-known trans- Himalayan region. Enter the ...
The British Empire invested in these cables to connect and control its distant territories. In fact, they were referred to as the "nervous system of the British Empire." Thefirst transatlantic cable in 1858demonstrated the potential for rapid communication between continents. This revolutionized busine...
there is not a flicker of condemnation from world leaders, many of whom are arming Israel with the weapons and intelligence it needs for genocide. The British air forcespent the ceasefire periodgathering intelligence on Palestinians and feeding it to Israel so they could restart the mass murder ...
SEX, SPIES, CRICKET AND THE FALL OF THE INSANE EMPIRE; as an Expat Behind the Iron Curtain, Manfully Fighting off Seductionbids by Communist Agents, EDWARD LUCAS Was a Witness to History When, 20 Years Ago, the Berlin Wall Came Down. Here, He Vividly Recalls a Very Surreal Revolution ...
Who were the Hessian mercenaries? Who was in charge of the Russian Empire in WWI? Who was involved in the Japanese internment camps? Who represented the Allies at the Casablanca Conference? Who were the leaders of the Watergate break in?
Maybe it’s time to call the company what it really is—“Back to Petroleum”. And what better partner in this hydrocarbon love story than Shell—the other half of the British oil aristocracy, and arguably the more ruthless cousin. Not content with polluting the planet, Shell has long ...
For her work, Skarbek was awarded with the George Medal and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In 1946, she was naturalized as a British citizen and officially took the name Christine Granville for good. Supposedly, Vesper Lynd ofCasino Royalewas based on Granville, although...
The set? In the midst of a Cold War atmosphere, an exotic city where paranoia reigns amongst spies from all walks of life. The novels contain everything that France was in the 50s -- the fourth Republic, the end of the colonial empire, a rather macho, rather misogynist relationship to ...