The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley : : Code Name 'Grin' / / Clive Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Clive,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare : ISSW
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations

An academic biography of Colonel David de Crespigny Smiley and his intimate involvement in British secret service operationsDraws on extensive interviews and archival research, including 20 hours of interview conducted with Colonel David Smiley himself Uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley’s commitment to covert action and intelligence during the Second World War and early part of the Cold War, often among tribally based societiesAddresses the wider issues of accountability and control of clandestine operations, referring in particular to operations in Albania, Oman and YemenThis book illuminates the shadowy world of covert British intelligence through an exploration of the life of one of Britain’s foremost exponents of irregular warfare. With a particular focus on operations in the Balkans and the Middle East, it offers a granular understanding of the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley’s commitment to covert action and intelligence, both during the Second World War and in the early Cold War era.Through extensive uses of primary sources including exclusive interviews with Colonel Smiley, his family and a number of key associates, Clive Jones crafts a detailed study of a man who proudly operated in the shadows for his country, while also addressing the wider issues of morality, accountability and control of clandestine operations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. From the Cradle to Palestine -- 2. From Palestine to Abyssinia -- 3. Desert Wars -- 4. From Regular to Irregular -- 5. A Matter Called ‘Concensus’ -- 6. Three Majors: Two for Politics, One for Fighting -- 7. Burnt but Alive -- 8. Between Ubon and a Hard Place -- 9. From Espionage to Sabotage -- 10. Subversion and the Ceremonial -- 11. As Tough as Teak -- 12. Our Man in Yemen -- 13. An Uncomplicated Patriot -- Bibliography -- Index