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Author Ganser, Daniele

Title NATO's secret armies : operation Gladio and terrorism in Western Europe / Daniele Ganser
Published London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 315 pages)
Series Contemporary security studies
Contemporary security studies.
Contents Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 A TERRORIST ATTACK IN ITALY -- chapter 2 A SCANDAL SHOCKS WESTERN EUROPE -- chapter 3 THE SILENCE OF NATO, CIA AND MI6 -- chapter 4 THE SECRET WAR IN GREAT BRITAIN -- chapter 5 THE SECRET WAR IN THE UNITED STATES -- chapter 6 THE SECRET WAR IN ITALY -- chapter 7 THE SECRET WAR IN FRANCE -- chapter 8 THE SECRET WAR IN SPAIN -- chapter 9 THE SECRET WAR IN PORTUGAL -- chapter 10 THE SECRET WAR IN BELGIUM -- chapter 11 THE SECRET WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS -- chapter 12 THE SECRET WAR IN LUXEMBURG -- chapter 13 THE SECRET WAR IN DENMARK -- chapter 14 THE SECRET WAR IN NORWAY -- chapter 15 THE SECRET WAR IN GERMANY -- chapter 16 THE SECRET WAR IN GREECE -- chapter 17 THE SECRET WAR IN TURKEY
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index
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Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces.
Gladio (Organization)
SUBJECT Gladio (Organization) fast
North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast
Subject Paramilitary forces -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century
Terrorism -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century
Right-wing extremists -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Armed Forces
Paramilitary forces
Right-wing extremists
Terrorism
Western Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203017773
9780203017777