Crown, Cloak, and Dagger

The British Monarchy and Secret Intelligence from Victoria to Elizabeth II

Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac (Autoren)

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472 Seiten

2023
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-64712-371-0 (ISBN)

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Surprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligence

The British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the British State. Crown, Cloak, and Dagger offers a new history of how the two have been inextricably linked from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present.

Richard J. Aldrich and Rory Cormac unveil a wealth of archival detail that changes our understanding of the role of the monarch in politics, intelligence, and international relations. Successive queens and kings have all played an active role in steering British intelligence, sometimes against the wishes of prime ministers. Even today, the monarch receives “copy No. 1” of every intelligence report. Attempted assassinations and kidnappings, the abdication crisis, world wars and the Cold War, and the death of Princess Diana are just some of the topics covered in the book.

Fascinating and fast-paced, Crown, Cloak, and Dagger demonstrates that the British monarch continues to be far more than a figurehead. This book will inform as well as entertain anyone with an interest in history, espionage, and the royals.

Richard J. Aldrich is a professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University and author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency. Rory Cormac is a professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham and author of How to Stage a Coup and 10 Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft.

British Royal Family Tree Since Victoria

Introduction: 007

Part I: The Rise and Fall of Royal Intelligence
1. Queen Victoria: Assassins and Revolutionaries
2. Queen Victoria's Secrets: War and the Rise of Germany
3. Queen Victoria's Great Game: Empire and Intrigue
4. Queen Victoria's Security: Anarchists and Fenians
5. Edward VII and the Modernization of Intelligence

Part II: Royal Relations and Intrigues
6. King George V and the First World War
7. King George V and the Bolsheviks
8. Abdication: Spying on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

Part III: Royals and Spies at War
9. Outbreak of the Second World War
10. War in the Americas, 1941-1942
11. The end of the Second World War, 1943–1945

Part IV: Royal Secrets
12. Queen Elizabeth II: Coronation and Cold War
13. Queen Elizabeth's Empire: Intrigue in the Middle East
14. The Global Queen

Part V: Protecting the Realm and the Royals
15. Terrorists and Lunatics, 1969–1977
16. Terrorists and Lunatics, 1979–1984
17. The Diana Conspiracy
Conclusion: The Secret Royals

Appendix: Ruling the Past, A Note on Methods
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Washington, DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► CAD-Programme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-64712-371-2 / 1647123712
ISBN-13	978-1-64712-371-0 / 9781647123710
Zustand	Neuware