The Security Apparatus and the British Left, 1950s-2000s(Part l)

摘要

Part I and Part II (forthcoming) focus on the ongoing Undercover Policing Inquiry into past undercover police operations in the United Kingdom, but take a wider perspective and employ a longer historical trajectory to explore the political terrain underpinning the domestic activities of the Security Service and Special Branch vis-a-vis predominantly left-wing and/or radical groups during and after the Cold War. Part I explores the histories, possibilities, and dilemmas of undercover policing of and intelligence gathering among, political groups and the evergreen Communist and "far and wide left" threats that were perceived as menacing the United Kingdom.