| Description |
xx, 439 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the secret war against the miners -- Ch. 1. Operation Cyclops -- Ch. 2. A hidden hand -- Ch. 3. Dangerous liaisons -- Ch. 4. The strange world of Roger Windsor -- Ch. 5. All Maxwell's men -- Ch. 6. Moscow gold-diggers -- Ch. 7. Stella wars -- Conclusion : who framed Arthur Scargill? |
| Summary |
"Seumas Milne revealed for the first time the astonishing lengths to which the government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain's miners' union. Using phoney bank deposits, staged cash drops, forged documents, agents provocateurs and unrelenting surveillance, MI5 and police Special Branch set out to discredit Scargill and other miners' leaders. Planted tales of corruption were seized on by the media and both Tory and Labour politicians in what became an unprecedentedly savage smear campaign." "In this new edition, published for the twentieth anniversary of Britain's most important postwar social confrontation, new material brings the story up to date - and, in the wake of the Iraq war intelligence scandals, highlights the continuing threat posed by the security services to democracy today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A fully revised edition with a new preface"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index |
| Subject |
Scargill, Arthur.
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| SUBJECT |
Maxwell, Robert, 1923-
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| Subject |
National Union of Mineworkers.
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Great Britain. MI5.
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Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985.
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Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056924
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| LC no. |
2005271525 |
| ISBN |
1844675084 paperback |
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