In the Shadows
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Winner of the Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian category at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2023
With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond
The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secretive elements of the British Army. It has existed in various guises since the early twentieth century, but it was only formally constituted in July 1940. In this book, Michael Ashcroft tells the astonishing stories of some of its most courageous and ingenious figures, who have operated all over the world from the First World War to the present day.
Whether carrying out surveillance work on the street, monitoring and analysing communications, working on overseas stakeouts, receiving classified information from a well-placed contact or interrogating the enemy in the heat of war, a hugely diverse range of people have served in the Corps, often supplementing their individual professional skills with original thinking and leadership in the name of the Crown. This book pays tribute to them and shows why, in the words of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, 'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence.'
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond
- Author's Royalties
- Introduction
- PART ONE: EMERGENCE
- PART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
- FRANCE, NORTH-WEST AND CENTRAL EUROPE
- THE BALKANS, NORTH AFRICA, GREECE AND THE GREEK ISLANDS
- ITALY AND SICILY
- THE FAR EAST
- POST-WWII WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION IN GERMANY
- PART THREE: WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS AND DEPLOYMENTS
- THE PALESTINE EMERGENCY
- THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY
- THE KOREAN WAR
- THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE
- THE CYPRUS EMERGENCY
- BORNEO
- THE ADEN EMERGENCY
- OMAN
- CYPRUS, 1974
- BELIZE, 1977
- THE FALKLANDS WAR
- THE GULF WAR
- SIERRA LEONE
- PART FOUR: THE COLD WAR AND NORTHERN IRELAND
- BRIXMIS AND SOXMIS
- CYPRUS
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- PART FIVE: STABILITY OPERATIONS
- FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - BOSNIA AND KOSOVO, 1992-2000
- IRAQ
- AFGHANISTAN
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Also by Michael Ashcroft
- Copyright
