Cocktails Crises And Cockroaches
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Cocktails Crises And Cockroaches
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Author : James Reeve
language : en
Publisher: Radcliffe Press
Release Date : 1999-08-31
Cocktails Crises And Cockroaches written by James Reeve and has been published by Radcliffe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Cocktails, Crises and Cockroaches is a spirited account of an unconventional career in the Foreign Office from the closing months of World War II until towards the end of the Cold War. The realities and flavours of diplomatic life – with all its frustrations, risks and comedy – are interwoven with the local colour of different overseas assignments and of the Foreign Office itself. James Reeve's diplomatic trail is set during a turbulent period. He served in a number of postings, while the international politics of the post-war world were being formed: in Iran during the Musaddiq era, when Britain severed diplomatic relations; in New York at the time of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly; in Washington during the Suez crisis; in Southeast Asia while it appeared threatened by an apparently expansionist China; in West Germany during its 'economic miracle'; and in Libya as Gadaffi launched his revolution. Against this varied background and the overarching security and intelligence problems of the Cold War, Reeve describes a series of more personal episodes and experiences. Travelling with a tribal leader in Iran, a midnight SOS from a blackmailed Latin American female diplomat, hill tribes and opium smuggling in the Golden Triangle - these and many other episodes drawn from a dozen foreign assignments add spice to Reeve's memoirs.
Secret Service In The Cold War
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Author : John B. Sanderson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2020-04-17
Secret Service In The Cold War written by John B. Sanderson and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The action-packed biography of a British intelligence officer who took part in major political events of the 20th Century before and during the Cold War. World War II had been won, but relationships between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union were weakening as the nuclear arms race made world peace precarious. Britain needed to know the Soviets’ intentions and military capabilities. A Secret Intelligence Service officer, Lieutenant Colonel John Sanderson had the job of finding out. This is his story. Based on Sanderson’s letters and personal accounts of his time with MI4 and MI6, this biography details his handling of secret agents behind the Iron Curtain at the height of the Cold War and organization of hidden arms depots. He observed the Paris UNO Security Council in 1948 and recruited émigrés for infiltration into Communist Bulgaria. He also reported on the Communist show trials in Sofia in 1949. Twelve years later, London tasked him to photograph the latest MIG fighter with the help of a CIA colleague. His getaway wasn’t easy . . . Sanderson’s early service life was equally challenging, from defending Britain’s coastline in 1940, picking up downed pilots during the Battle of Britain, to fighting Japanese forces in Asian jungles, before returning to London to join the Secret Intelligence Services. Get the inside story on events like the Berlin Air Lift, the Suez Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Experience Kim Philby and George Blake’s treachery and the effects the two “Olegs,” the Russian Colonels Penkovsky and Gordievsky, had on the international politics of Khrushchev, Kennedy, Gorbachev, Thatcher, and Reagan—and the course of world history.
The Foreign Office And British Diplomacy In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Gaynor Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
The Foreign Office And British Diplomacy In The Twentieth Century written by Gaynor Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with History categories.
This book examines the evolution of the Foreign Office in the 20th century and the way in which it has responded to Britain's changing role in international affairs. The last century was one of unprecedented change in the way foreign policy and diplomacy were conducted. The work of 'The Office' expanded enormously in the 20th century, and oversaw the transition from Empire to Commonwealth, with the merger of the Foreign and Colonial Offices taking place in the 1960s. The book focuses on the challenges posed by waging world war and the process of peacemaking, as well as the diplomatic gridlock of the Cold War. Contributions also discusses ways in which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continues to modernise to meet the challenges of diplomacy in the 21st century. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Contemporary British History.
Secret Intelligence In The European States System 1918 1989
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Author : Jonathan Haslam
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2013-12-18
Secret Intelligence In The European States System 1918 1989 written by Jonathan Haslam and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-18 with History categories.
The history of secret intelligence, like secret intelligence itself, is fraught with difficulties surrounding both the reliability and completeness of the sources, and the motivations behind their release—which can be the product of ongoing propaganda efforts as well as competition among agencies. Indeed, these difficulties lead to the Scylla and Charybdis of overestimating the importance of secret intelligence for foreign policy and statecraft and also underestimating its importance in these same areas—problems that generally beset the actual use of secret intelligence in modern states. But in recent decades, traditional perspectives have given ground and judgments have been revised in light of new evidence. This volume brings together a collection of essays avoiding the traditional pitfalls while carrying out the essential task of analyzing the recent evidence concerning the history of the European state system of the last century. The essays offer an array of insight across countries and across time. Together they highlight the critical importance of the prevailing domestic circumstances—technological, governmental, ideological, cultural, financial—in which intelligence operates. A keen interdisciplinary eye focused on these developments leaves us with a far more complete understanding of secret intelligence in Europe than we've had before.
The Insect Crisis
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Author : Oliver Milman
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2022-01-20
The Insect Crisis written by Oliver Milman and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-20 with Science categories.
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick*** A New Scientist Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 'Fascinating... There is something wondrous in Milman's revelation of our fragile dependency on insect life as well as its beauty and strangeness.' Guardian 'Gripping and especially unnerving.' David Wallace-Wells When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests insect numbers are in serious decline all over the world - in some places by over 90%. The Insect Crisis explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. We rely on insect pollination for the bulk of our agriculture, they are a prime food source for birds and fish, and they are a key strut holding up life on Earth, especially our own. In a compelling and entertaining investigation spanning the globe, Milman speaks to the scientists and entomologists studying this catastrophe and asks why these extraordinary creatures are disappearing. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, this book highlights why we need to wake up to this impending environmental disaster.
The Insect Crisis The Fall Of The Tiny Empires That Run The World
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Author : Oliver Milman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2022-03-01
The Insect Crisis The Fall Of The Tiny Empires That Run The World written by Oliver Milman and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Science categories.
A devastating examination of how collapsing insect populations worldwide threaten everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it? With urgency and great clarity, Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the soaring mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of U.S. agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren’t that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us. Even insects we may dread, including the hated cockroach, or the stinging wasp, play crucial ecological roles, and their decline would profoundly shape our own story. By connecting butterfly and bee, moth and beetle from across the globe, the full scope of loss renders a portrait of a crisis that threatens to upend the workings of our collective history. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, The Insect Crisis is a wake-up call for us all.
Current Contents
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Author : Institute for Scientific Information (Philadelphia)
language : en
Publisher:
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Current Contents written by Institute for Scientific Information (Philadelphia) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Book Review Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Book Review Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Books categories.
Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.
Verordnete V Lkerfreundschaft
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Author : Hans-Georg Golz
language : de
Publisher: Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Release Date : 2004
Verordnete V Lkerfreundschaft written by Hans-Georg Golz and has been published by Leipziger Universitätsverlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Außenpolitik categories.
Lying Abroad
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Author : Henry Brind
language : en
Publisher: Radcliffe Press
Release Date : 1999-12-31
Lying Abroad written by Henry Brind and has been published by Radcliffe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-31 with History categories.
'An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.' (Sir Henry Wotton, 1604). Harry Brind did not emulate his illustrious seventeenth-century diplomatic predecessors, as can be seen from his compelling account of British diplomacy in difficult and exotic locations, from the last days of empire to the late twentieth century. After leaving the army, Harry Brind joined the Colonial Service in the Gold Coast and Ghana after independence. This was a period of vital importance in the history of the British policy on decolonization, of which Ghana was regarded as a key example. Brind went on to Canada – an independent and long-established former Dominion – and, in the sharpest contrast, after a spell in London dealing with Britain's application to join the Common Market, to Uganda during Idi Amin's tyranny. In Lying Abroad, he gives a graphic and harrowing picture of one of the worst episodes in Africa's modern history. His time in Mauritius might, in comparison, seem idyllic but there were pressing diplomatic problems in an island of mixed ethnicity and still bearing the stamp of its French colonial past. Brind's period as ambassador in Somalia is of great interest to students of modern history and international relations – the story of a vital piece on the chessboard of global political interest in the turbulent Horn of Africa. His account of his last major appointment, as High Commissioner in Malawi during Hastings Banda's rule, gives a sharply-etched picture of contrasts: a poor but stable country ruled almost as a personal fief by a Life President both demonised and admired. Lying Abroad encapsulates a period when the problems of post-imperial Britain were at their height. Brind describes the pressures of international diplomacy with humour, lightness of touch and authority.