Overview

During the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War, foreign agents conducted intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and subversive operations inside neutral countries aimed at damaging their opponents' interests. The essays contained in this collection analyze the risks of espionage operations on neutral soil as well as the dangers their covert activities posed for the governments of neutral states. In striving to avoid involvement in the firing line of the Second World War or the front line of the Cold War, the contributors argue that neutral states developed security policies that focused on protecting their own sovereignty without provoking overt hostility from any of the great powers. This collection describes how the warring parties engaged in competition on neutral territory and analyzes how neutral governments rose to the existential challenge posed by international spies, their own venal officials, and even foreign assassins.

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Author:   André Gerolymatos ,  Denis Smyth ,  James Horncastle ,  Christopher Andrew
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9781498583206

ISBN 10:   1498583202
Pages:   285
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1: Intelligence in Neutral Washington, 1914-1917 and 1939-1941 Chapter 2: ""Under Morphia"" from Madrid: Abduction and Anglo-Spanish Relations in 1941 Chapter 3: Making Waves: A German Radio in Neutral Ireland and Naval Operations in 1942 Chapter 4: Safe Harbour? Clandestine British and German Activities in Portugal and its Colonies during the Second World War Chapter 5: Ambiguous Neutrality and Nazi Intelligence in Spain during the Second World War Chapter 6: Guardians of the ""Whispering Gallery""? Switzerland, Neutrality and the Clandestine War Chapter 7: Clandestine “Comrades"": The Comintern, Tito and the Underground Communist Party of Yugoslavia, 1939-1941 Chapter 8: British Preparations for Clandestine War in Greece and the Balkans, 1939-40 Chapter 9: Ankara: Rabbit-Warren of Spies Chapter 10: Afghanistan, 1937-1945: From Lynchpin to Backwater Chapter 11: ""Berlin of the East"": India and the Politics of Cold War Asylum Chapter 12: André Gerolymatos: An Appreciation"

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Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlegrounds, 1939-1968: Between Two Fires is intelligence history at its best. Combining scholarly rigor with vivid story-telling, this collection provides new insights into the intelligence-gathering, sabotage and other activities of the belligerents during and after the Second World War. It also casts light on the measures taken by neutral states to preserve their freedom of action-often with surprising success. -- Patrick Salmon, chief historian at the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlegrounds, 1939-1968: Between Two Fires is intelligence history at its best. Combining scholarly rigor with vivid story-telling, this collection provides new insights into the intelligence-gathering, sabotage and other activities of the belligerents during and after the Second World War. It also casts light on the measures taken by neutral states to preserve their freedom of action--often with surprising success.--Patrick Salmon, chief historian at the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Author Information

André Gerolymatos (1951–2019) was professor and director of the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University. Denis Smyth is professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. James Horncastle is assistant professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations at Simon Fraser University.

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