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The Secret War. Treason, Espionage and Modern Fiction.
Eva Horn
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Description for The Secret War. Treason, Espionage and Modern Fiction.
Paperback. "Originally published in German as Der geheime Krieg: Verrat, Spionage und moderne Fiktion in 2007 by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main." Translator(s): Winthrop-Young, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
The Secret War marks a new direction in the cultural history and theory of intelligence gathering and state secrecy in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While historical truth remains hidden from the public, Eva Horn finds in political fiction, which serves as both an indicator and a tool, a means to analyse political secrets. Starting with a general theory of treason and military intelligence as a specific type of political knowledge, the book charts the history of intelligence gathering from 1900 to 9/11.
The Secret War analyses literary and cinematic depictions of espionage from Rudyard Kipling and ... Read more
The Secret War marks a new direction in the cultural history and theory of intelligence gathering and state secrecy in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While historical truth remains hidden from the public, Eva Horn finds in political fiction, which serves as both an indicator and a tool, a means to analyse political secrets. Starting with a general theory of treason and military intelligence as a specific type of political knowledge, the book charts the history of intelligence gathering from 1900 to 9/11.
The Secret War analyses literary and cinematic depictions of espionage from Rudyard Kipling and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810127630
SKU
V9780810127630
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Ref
99-18
About Eva Horn
Eva Horn is Professor of German and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young is a professor of German at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
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