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NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe (Contemporary Security Studies)
Daniele Ganser
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Description for NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe (Contemporary Security Studies)
Paperback. This book tells the story of NATO's secret anti-communist stay-behind armies that had been set up by the CIA and MI6 after World War II in all countries of Western Europe and in some countries became tragically linked to right-wing terrorism. Series: Contemporary Security Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JPSN; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the Mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in England and in the United States by the Green Berets and SAS Special Forces. The network was armed with explosives, machine guns and high-tech communication equipment hidden in underground bunkers and secret arms caches in forests and ... Read more
This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the Mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in England and in the United States by the Green Berets and SAS Special Forces. The network was armed with explosives, machine guns and high-tech communication equipment hidden in underground bunkers and secret arms caches in forests and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Contemporary Security Studies
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714685007
SKU
V9780714685007
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Ref
99-9
About Daniele Ganser
Daniele Ganser is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied at Basel University in Switzerland, at Amsterdam University (UVA) in the Netherlands, and at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in England. He has published on the role of the United Nations in ... Read more
Reviews for NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe (Contemporary Security Studies)
'Much of this is appearing in English for the first time and it would be hard to overstate its importance.' - Lobster