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[[File:Bond_Swirl.jpeg|left|thumbnail|300px|How do you study spies?]]
by Rory Cormac author of <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198784597/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198784597&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=23cf541249ba5b3749e409abcef17ea6 Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy]</i>(Oxford University Press, 2018)
Spy fiction has been a popular genre for over 100 years. Tales of Bond and Bourne continue to fascinate audiences worldwide. Sometimes, however, the realities of the shadowy world of espionage can be just as engrossing.
The United Kingdom is not immune. It has used covert action for hundreds of years—since before the United Kingdom even existed. Queen Elizabeth I used “covert meanes” against King Philip of Spain in the Low Countries by secretly providing funds for rebel fighters. The reign of her namesake, Queen Elizabeth II, witnessed a dizzying array of secret schemes to promote British interests as London’s international power waned.
[[File: Disrupt_and_Deny.jpeg|left|Thumbnailthumbnail|300px200px|<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198784597/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198784597&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=23cf541249ba5b3749e409abcef17ea6 Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy]</i>]]
There are numerous ways to write secret history—and challenge government secrecy. Most importantly, more exists in the archives than people realise.
(Republished with permission of Oxford University Press Blog)
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