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Pages 215-237 | Published online: 02 Jan 2008
 

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Farhad Daftary, The Assassin Legends. Myths of the Isma ‘ilis, London and New York; I.B. Tauris 1995). Pp.viii+213, biblio., index. £14.95 (paper). ISBN 1–85043–950–8.

Eric Herring, Danger and Opportunity: Explaining International Crisis Outcomes (Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press 1995). Pp.xiv+306. biblio., index. £14.99 (paper). ISBN 0–7190–4293–3.

E. Carlton, The State against the State: The Theory and Practice of the Coup d'État (Aldershot: Scolar Press 1997). Pp.256, biblio., index. £42.50. ISBN 1–85928–231–8.

Peter Elphick, The Far Eastern File: The Intelligence War in the Far East, 1930–1945 (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1997). Pp.xviii + 510, illus., biblio., index. £20. ISBN 0–340–66583–1.

Gregory Douglas (ed.), Gestapo Chief, Vol.2 (San Jose, California: R. James Bender 1997). Pp.272, 89 illus., biblio. $35.95. ISBN 0–912138–68–8

Donal J. Sexton Jr (ed.), Signals Intelligence in World War II (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996). Pp.xl + 163. £55.50. ISBN 0–313–28304–4.

Ralph Bennett, Intelligence Investigations: How Ultra Changed History (London and Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass, 1996). Pp.203, no index. £30/$39.50 (cloth); £16/519.50 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4742‐X and 4300–9.

Hugh Skillen (ed.), The Enigma Symposium 1997 (Self‐published, Bath: The LooseLeaf Co., Melksham 1997). Pp.xi + 194, illus. app., no index. NP. ISBN 0–9515190–85.

Cyril Cunningham, Beaulieu: The Finishing School for Secret Agents (London: Leo Cooper, 1998). Pp.xiv + 162, 34 illus., biblio., indexes. £16.95. ISBN 0–85052–598–5.

Mark Seaman, Bravest of the Brave (London: Michael O'Mara Books 1997). Pp.256, 47 illus., 3 maps, biblio., index. £17.99. ISBN 1–85479–650‐X.

Peter Wilkinson, Foreign Fields: The Story of an SOE Operative (London: I.B. Tauris, 1997). Foreword by M.R.D. Foot. Pp.253, index. £19.95. ISBN 1–86064–205–5.

J.P. Cross, ’A Face like a Chicken's Backside’: An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948–1971 (London: Greenhill 1996). Pp.238, 18 photos, 4 maps, index. £17.99. ISBN 1–85367–239–4.

Michael Nelson, War of the Black Heavens: The Battles of Western Broadcasting in the Cold War (London: Brassey's and New York: Syracuse University Press, 1997). Pp.277, illus., biblio., index. £25. ISBN 1–85753–276–7.

Mary Fulbrook, Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR 1949–1989 (Oxford University Press, 1995). Pp.307, biblio., illus., index. £25. ISBN 0–19–820312–9.

Joachim Walther, Sicherungsbereich Literatur Schriftsteller und Staatssicherheit in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 1996). Pp.881, index of names, index of cover names, biblio., list of abbreviations, brief biographies of main Stasi officials involved. DM 68. ISBN 3–86153–121–6.

Yevgenia Albats, KGB: State within a State (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 1995). Pp.401, index. £10.95. ISBN 1–85043–995–8.

Oleg Gordievsky, Next Stop Execution (London: Macmillan, 1995). Pp.404, index. £16.95. ISBN 0–333–62086–0.

Boris Pankin, The Last Hundred Days of the Soviet Union (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 1996). Pp.282, index. £19.95. ISBN 1–85043–878–1.

Mark Urban, UK Eyes Alpha ‐ The Inside Story of British Intelligence (London: Faber and Faber 1996). Pp.326, index. £16.99. ISBN 0–571–17689–5.

H. Eshed, Reuven Shiloah: The Man Behind the Mossad — Secret Diplomacy in the Creation of Israel, translated by David and Leah Zinder (London and Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass 1997). Pp.xxxv + 384, 32 illus., index. £39.50/$57.50 (cloth); £19.50/$25.50 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4812–4 and ‐4361–0.

F. Clements, The Israeli Secret Services, Volume 13, International Organized Crime series (Oxford: ABC‐CLIO 1996). Pp.104. £31.50. ISBN 1–85109–225–0.

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