More on the soviets and ultra

Roy Godson, Ernest R. May, and Gary Schmitt, US Intelligence at the Crossroads: Agendas for Reform, (Washington and London: Brassey's, 1995). Pp.315, no index. $25.95 £20.95. ISBN 0–02–881122–4.

Roy Godson, Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: US Covert Action and Counter‐intelligence (Washington and London: Brassey's, 1995). Pp.337, biblio. index. $24.95 £21.95. ISBN 0–02–881036–8.     

The springtime of French intelligence

Dominique Prieur (avec Jean‐Marie Pontaut), Agent secrète (Paris: Fayard 1995). Pp.248. Ff110. ISBN 2–213–59277–2.

Paul Paillote (entretiens avec Alain‐Gilles Minella), L'homme des services secrets (Paris: Julliard 1995). Pp.323. Ff129. ISBN 2–260–01341–4.

Claude Silberzahn (avec Jean Guisnel), Au coeur du secret, 1.500 jours aux commandes de la DGSE. 1989–1993 (Paris: Fayard 1995). Pp.330. Ff120. ISBN 22–13–59311–6.     

Bitten by the Russia bug: Britons and Russia, 1894–1939

Keith Neilson, Britain and the Last Tsar: British Policy and Russia, 1894–1917 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995). Pp.xv + 408, maps, biblio., index. ISBN 0–19820–47–0.

Michael Hughes, Inside the Enigma: British Officials in Russia, 1900–39 (London: The Hambledon Press, 1998). Pp.xi + 336, biblio., index. £35. ISBN 1–85285–160–0.

G. W. Morrell, Britain Confronts the Stalin Revolution: Anglo‐Soviet Relations and the Metro‐Vickers Crisis (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995). Pp.ix + 204, appendices, biblio., index, edn $34.95. ISBN 0–88920–250–8.     

Battlefield Germany

Klaus Eichner and Andreas Dobbert, Headquarters Germany (Berlin: Edition Ost, 1997). Pp.381 (inc. 6 app., biblio. and glossary), no index. DM 24.80. ISBN 3–929161–77‐X.

Michael F. Scholz, Bauernopfer der deutschen Frage: der Kommunist Kurt Vieweg im Dschungel der Geheimdienste (Berlin: Aufbau‐Taschenbuch‐Verlag, 1997). Pp.286 (inc. 1 app., biblio., source notes, glossary and index), 19 illus. DM19.90. ISBN 3–7466–8030–1.

Wolfgang Krieger and Jürgen Weber (eds.), Spionage für den Frieden? Nachrichtendienste in Deutschland während des Kalten Krieges (München: Günther Olzog Verlag, 1996). Pp.272 (inc. index), no biblio. DM32.00. ISBN 3–7892–9280‐X.

Andreas Kabus, Auftrag Windrose: der militärische Geheimdienst der DDR (Berlin: Verlag Neues Leben, 1993). Pp.222; no biblio. or index, 18 illus., out of print. ISBN 3–355–01406–0.

David E. Murphy, Sergei A. Kondrashev and George Bailey, Battleground Berlin: CIA vs. KGB in the Cold War (New Haven &; London: Yale University Press, 1997). Pp.530 (inc. 9 app., source notes and index), plus two prefaces, glossary and notes on pesonalities at ix‐xxv, no biblio., 26 illus. £19.95. ISBN 0–300–07233–3.

Markus Wolf, Man without a Face (London: Jonathan Cape, 1997). Pp.367 (inc. index), plus introduction at xi‐xv, no biblio., 47 illus., most featuring Wolf, £17.99. ISBN 0–224–04498–2.     

Beyond the new look: Policy and operations in the Eisenhower administration

Saki Dockrill, Eisenhower's New‐Look National Security Policy, 1953–61 (London: Macmillan, 1996). Pp. xvi + 400, biblio, index. NP. ISBN 0–333–65655–5.

Erika Alin, The United States and the 1958 Lebanon Crisis (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1994). Pp.160, biblio, index. NP. ISBN 0–8191–9332–1.

Audrey R. and George McT. Kahin. Subversion as Foreign Policy: The Secret Eisenhower and Dulles Debacle in Indonesia (New York: Norton, 1995). Pp.318, index. £17.95. ISBN 1–56584–244–8.     

CIA origins as viewed from within

Arthur B. Darling, with Introductions by Bruce D. Berkowitz and Allan E. Goodman, The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950 (University Park, PA, and London: Penn State Press, 1990). Pp. 509. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 0–271–00715‐X; $17.50 (paperback), ISBN 0–271–00717–6.

Ludwell Lee Montague, with an Introduction by Bruce D. Berkowitz and Allan E. Goodman, General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence, October 1950‐February 1953 (University Park, PA, and London: 1992). Pp. 308. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 0–271–00750–8; $14.95 (paperback), ISBN 0–271–00751–6.

Michael Warner (ed.), CIA Cold War Records: The CIA under Harry Truman (Washington, DC: History Staff, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1994). Pp. 473. $28.50 (paperback). Available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA, Tel: (703) 487–4650, order number PB94–928005.     

Under cover of boredom: Recent publications on the ‘Stasi’, the East German ministry for state security

David Childs and Richard Popplewell, The Stasi: The East German Intelligence and Security Service (New York: New York University Press, 1996; and London: Macmillan, 1996). Pp.253, biblio., index. US$45 and £40. ISBN 0–8147–1551–6 and 0–333–63094–7.

Markus Wolf with Anne McElvoy, Man Without a Face (New York: Random House Times Books, 1997). Pp.367, index. US$25. ISBN 0–8129–6394–6.

Markus Wolf, Spionage Chef im Geheimen Krieg: Erinnerungen (Munich: List Verlag, 1997). Pp.512. DM44. ISBN 3–471–79158–2.

Wjatscheslaw Keworkow, Der geheime Kanal (Berlin: Rowohlt, 1995). Pp.284. DM29.80. ISBN 3–87134–224–6.

Abteilung Bildung und Forschung (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Reihe des Bundesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (Berlin: Chr. Links Verlag). Eight volumes to date. Volumes discussed in review:

Helmut Müller‐Enbergs (ed.) Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit (Berlin: Links, 1996). Vol. 3. Pp.544, biblio, index. DM40. ISBN 3–86153–101–1.

Siegfried Suckut (ed.) Das Wörterbuch der Staatssicherheit (Berlin: Links, 2nd ed., 1996). Vol.5. Pp.472. DM40. ISBN 3–86153–111–9.

Siegfried Suckut and Walter Süß (eds.) Staatspartei und Staatssicherheit: Zum Verhältnis von SED und MfS (Berlin: Links, 1997). Vol.8. Pp.351. DM38. ISBN 3–86153–131–3.     

Palestine,Israel and Egypt: New scholarship on the Middle Eastern conflicts

A. Ilan, The Origins of the Arab‐Israeli Arms Race (London: Macmillan 1996). Pp.287. ISBN £36. 0–333–63240–0.

Efraim Inbar and Shmuel Sandier (eds.), Middle Eastern Security: Prospects for an Arms Control Regime, a BESA study in Mideast Security (London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass 1995). Pp.199. £25/$19.50 (cloth); £16/$19.50 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4644‐X and 4168–5.

Saul Zadka, Blood in Zion. How the Jewish Guerillas drove the British out of Palestine (London: Brassey's 1995). Pp.227, biblio., index. £19.95. ISBN 1–85753–136–1.

Joseph Heller, The Stern Gang. Ideology, Politics and Terror 1940–1949 (London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass 1995). Pp.358. £37.50/$47.50 (cloth); £18/$25 (paper). ISBN 0–7146–4106–5.

W. Scott Lucas, Britain and Suez. The Lion's Last Roar (Manchester: Manchester University Press 1996). Pp.139, biblio., index. £35. ISBN 0–7190–4579–7.

Ram Ginat, The Soviet Union and Egypt 1945–1955 (London: Frank Cass 1993). Pp.269. £35/$45. ISBN 0–7146–3486–7.     

Japanese foreign intelligence‐related activities

John J. Fialka, War by Other Means: Economic Espionage in America (New York: W.W. Norton, 1997). Pp.242, index. $25 (cloth); $15 (paper). ISBN 0–393–31821–4 and ‐04014–3.

James H. Hansen, Japanese Intelligence: The Competitive Edge (Washington DC: NIBC Press, 1996). Pp.222, index. $29.95. ISBN 1–878–29216–1.

Larry Kahaner, Competitive Intelligence: From Black Ops to Boardrooms ‐ How Businesses Gather, Analyze, and Use Information to Succeed in the Global Marketplace (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996). Pp.300, index. $24 (cloth); $12.95 (paper). ISBN 0–684–81074–3 and ‐84404–4.

Peter J. Katzenstein, Cultural Norms and National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996). Pp.307, index. $42.50 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). ISBN 0–8014–14326–0 and ‐8332–8.

Richard J. Samuels, ‘Rich Nation, Strong Army’: National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994). Pp.455, index. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0–8014–9994–1.

Peter Schweizer, Friendly Spies: How America's Allies Are Using Economic Espionage to Steal Our Secrets (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993). Pp.342, index (out of print). ISBN 0–871–13497–7.     

Britain and the Korean war after 50 years: The slow emergence of an intelligence dimension

Anthony Farrar‐Hockley, The British Part in the Korean War. Volume I: A Distant Obligation (London: HMSO, 1990). Pp.xxii + 512, illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0–11–630953–9.

Volume II: An Honourable Discharge (London: HMSO, 1995). Pp.xx + 534, illus., bibliog., index. £90. ISBN 0–11–630–958‐X.

Sergei N. Goncharov, John W. Lewis and Xue Litai, Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao and the Korean War (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1993; distributed in UK by Cambridge University Press, 1995). Pp.xvi + 393. £15.95, bibliog., index. ISBN 0–8047–2521–7.

Peter Lowe, Containing the Cold War in Asia: British policies towards Japan, China and Korea, 1945–1953 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997). Pp.xii + 288, bibliog., index. £45. ISBN 0–7190–2508–7.

H. J. Yasamee and K. A. Hamilton (ed.), Documents on British Policy Overseas. Series II Volume IV: The Korean War, June 1950–June 1951 (London: HMSO, 1991). Pp.liv + 460, index. £47. ISBN 0–11–591695–4.     

The myth of recovered innocence in US intelligence history

David E. Murphy, Sergei A. Kondrashev and George Bailey, Battleground Berlin: CIA vs KGB in the Cold War (New Haven, Conn. and London: Yale University Press, 1997). Pp. 530, index. £19.95. ISBN 0–300–07233–3.

James G. Blight and Peter Kornbluh (eds.) Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined (Boulder, Colo, and London: Lynne Rienner, 1998). Pp. 284, index. £35.95. ISBN 1–55587–783–4.     

Escaping Suez: New interpretations of Western policy in the Middle East 1936–1961

Tony Shaw, Eden, Suez and the Mass Media (London: I.B. Tauris 1996). Pp.xi + 268, biblio., index. £39.50. ISBN 1–85043–955–9.

Hoda Gamal Abdel Nasser, Britain and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1936–1952 (Reading, UK: Ithaca Press 1994). Pp.xxv + 350, biblio., index. £30. ISBN 0–86372‐ 177‐X.

Andrew Rathmell, Secret War in the Middle East: The Covert Struggle for Syria, 1949–1961 (London: I.B. Tauris 1995). Pp.246, biblio., index. £39.50. ISBN 1–85043–992–3.     

Vatican intelligence capabilities in the second world war

Stephen Koch, Double Lives: Stalin, Willi Münzenberg and the Seduction of the Intellectuals (London: HarperCollins 1994) Pp.419, 20 illus. biblio. index. £20. ISBN 0–00–255516–6.

Jenny Rees, Looking for Mr Nobody: The Secret Life of Gorowny Rees (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1994) Pp.291, 30 illus. biblio. index. £18.99. ISBN 0–297–81430–3.

V.E. Tarrant, The Red Orchestra: the Soviet Spy Network Inside Nazi Europe (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1995) Pp.224, biblio. index. £15.99. ISBN 1–85409–216–2.

Anthony Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood: H. St John Philby, Kim Philby and the Spy Case of the Century (London: Hale 1995) Pp.678, 23 illus. biblio. index. £25. ISBN 0–7090–5582‐X.     

The 1994 election in Italy: Normalisation or continuing exceptionalism?

Acid Politics: Environmental and Energy Policies in Britain and Germany. By Sonja Boehmer‐Christiansen and Jim Skea. London and New York: Belhaven Press, 1991. Pp.xiii + 296. £39.50 (hardback). ISBN 1–85293–116–7.

Integrated Pollution Control in Europe and North America. Edited by Frances Irwin and Nigel Haigh. Washington DC: The Conservation Foundation, 1990. Pp.xiv + 241. $20 (paperback). ISBN 0–89164–117–3.

Wassergefährdung durch die Landwirtschaft. Edited by Jobst Conrad. Berlin: Edition Sigma, 1988. Pp.253. DM29.80 (paperback). ISBN 3–924859–39–6.

Umweltpolitik zwischen Reparatur und Vorbeugung. By Bernhard Glaeser. Opladen: WestdeutscherVerlag, 1989. Pp. 153. DM 16.80 (paperback). ISBN 3–531–11846‐X.

Air Pollution Control Strategies and Policies in the Federal Republic of Germany. By Helmut Weidner. Berlin: Edition Sigma, 1986. Pp. 139. DM22.80 (paperback). ISBN 3–924859–17–5.

Innenwelt der Umweltpolitik. By Edda Müller. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1986. Pp.xiii + 600 (paperback). ISBN 3–531–11832–3.

National Environmental Policy Plan. Second Chamber of the States General (The Netherlands). ‘s‐Gravenhage: SDU uitgeverij, 1989. Pp.258 (paperback).

National Environmental Policy Plan Plus. ’s‐Gravenhage: Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, 1990. Pp. 107 (paperback). ISBN 90–1206–258–6.

Our Common Inheritance: Britain's Environmental Strategy. London: HMSO, 1990. Pp.291. £24.50 (paperback). ISBN 010–112–0028.

Signs of Hope. By Linda Starke. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. xv + 192. £4.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–333–54912X.

Sustaining Earth. Edited by David J. R. Angell, Justyn D. Comer and Matthew L.N. Wilkinson. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1990. Pp.xvii + 226. £35 (hardback); £7.99 (paperback). ISBN 0–333–52492–6.

The Making of the New Environmental Consciousness. By Andrew Jamison, Ron Eyerman, Jacqueline Cramer, with Jeppe Laess?e. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990. Pp.xiii + 216. £27.50 (hardback). ISBN 0–7486–0180–5.

Green Politics One, 1990. Edited by Wolfgang Rüdig. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990. Pp.231. £12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–7486–0185–6.     

New politics for a New Germany? Transatlantic perspectives

Parties and Politics in Modern Germany. By GERARD BRAUNTHAL. Boulder, CO and Oxford: Westview Press, 1996. Pp.xii + 212, appendix, biblio, index. £44.50 (cloth); £13.50 (paper). ISBN 0–81333–2382–7 and ‐2383–5.

Germany's New Politics. Edited by DAVID P. CONRADT, GERALD R. KLEINFELD, GEORGE K. ROMOSER and CHRISTIAN SOE. Providence and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1995. Pp.x + 325, biblio. £25 (cloth); £11.50 (paper). ISBN 1–57181–032–3 and‐033–1.

The Federal Republic of Germany at Forty‐Five. Edited by PETER H. MERKL. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan, 1995. Pp.xiv + 500, index. £47.50. ISBN 0–333–61754–1.     

Students of nationalism

Really Existing Nationalisms: A Post‐Communist View from Marx and Engels. By ERICA BENNER. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp.ix + 266, biblio, index. £30. ISBN 0–19–827959–0.

Nationalism in Europe Past and Present (2 vols.). Edited by JUSTO G. BERAMENDI, RAMÓN MÁIZ and XOSÉ M. NÚÑEZ. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 1994. Pp.751 + 661. NP. ISBN 84–8121–195–8 (vol. 1) and ‐196–6 (vol. 2).

Nationhood and Political Theory. By MARGARET CANOVAN. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.vii + 159, biblio, index. £39.95 (paper). ISBN 1–85278–852–6.

Contemporary Crisis of the Nation State? Edited by JOHN DUNN. Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. £14.99 (paper). ISBN 0–631–19263–8.

The Future of the Nation State in Europe. Edited by JYRKI IIVONEN. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1993. Pp.ix + 252, index. £39.95 (cloth). ISBN 1–85278–740–6.

Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe. Edited by CHARLES A. KUPCHAN. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995. Pp.xi + 224. £31.50 (cloth); £11.95 (paper). ISBN 0–8014–8276–3.

The God of Modernity: The Development of Nationalism in Western Europe. By JOSEP LLOBERA. Oxford and Providence, RI: Berg, 1994. Pp.xiv + 229, index. £39.95 (cloth); £14.95 (paper). ISBN 0–85496–921–7 and ‐940–3.

Crossfires: Nationalism, Racism and Gender in Europe. Edited by HELMA LUTZ, ANN PHOENIX and NIRA YUVAL‐DAVIS. London and East Haven, CT: Pluto Press, 1995. Pp. xi + 196, index. £45 (cloth); £14.95 (paper). ISBN 0–7453–0994–1 and ‐0995‐X.

On Nationality. By DAVID MILLER. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp.viii + 210, biblio, index. £19.99. ISBN 0–19–828047–5.

Notions of Nationalism. Edited by SUKUMAR PERIWAL. Budapest, London and New York: Central European University Press, 1995. Pp.x + 247, index. £35 (cloth); £12.99 (paper). ISBN 1–85866–021–1 and ‐022‐X.

Republics, Nations and Tribes. By MARTIN THOM. London and New York: Verso, 1995. Pp.vii + 359, index. £44.95 (cloth); £15.95 (paper). ISBN 1–85984–920–2 and ‐020–5.

For Love of Country: An Essay on Patriotism and Nationalism. By MAURIZIO VIROLI. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp.206, biblio, index. £22.50 (cloth). ISBN 0–19–827952–3.

Nationalism in Europe, 1815 to the Present: A Reader. Edited by STUART WOOLF. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp.215, index. £35 (cloth); £10.99 (paper). ISBN 0–415–12563–4 and ‐12564–2.     

The state of the welfare state: German social policy between macroeconomic retrenchment and microeconomic recalibration

Multiparty Government: The Politics of Coalition in Europe. By Michael Laver and Norman Schofield. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. vii + 308. 32 figures, 26 tables. £35. ISBN 0–19–827292–8.

Minority Government and Majority Rule. By Kaare Strom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. vii + 293. £25. ISBN 0521–37431–6.

Small Parties in Western Europe. Edited by Ferdinand Müller‐Rommel and Geoffrey Pridham. London: Sage Publications, 1991. Pp.240. £28.50. ISBN 0–8039–8261–5.

Legislatures. Oxford Readings in Politics and Government Series. Edited by Philip Norton. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Pp. ix + 336. £27.50 (hardback); £8.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–19–827582‐X and 827581–1.

Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting. By Jamese Enelow and Melvin J. Hinich. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. £27.50. ISBN 0–521–35284–3.

Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of Western Europe. Edited by Frances Nicholson. Longman Current Affairs, Harlow, 1990. Pp. 411. ISBN 0–582–06848–7.

World Guide to Environmental Issues and Organizations. Edited by Peter Brackley. Longman Current Affairs, Harlow, 1990. Pp.386. £75. ISBN 0–582–06270–5.

Portugal: O Sistema Político e Constitutional 1974–1987. Edited by Mario Baptista Coelho. Lisbon: Instituto de Ciéncias Sociais 1989. Pp. 1044. £15.

The Regions and European Integration. Edited by R. Leonardi and R.Y. Nanetti. London: PinterPublishers 1991. Pp. vi+200. £27.50 (hardback). ISBN0–86187–149–9.

Extremismus und Demokratie. Uwe Backes and Eckhard Jesse, Bonn, Bouvier Verlag, 1990. Pp.vi + 472; 13 tables, 10 documents. DM38 (hardback). ISBN 3–416–02255–6.

Political Loyalty and Public Service in West Germany: The 1972 Decree against Radicals and its Consequences. Gerard Braunthal, Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1990. Pp.xvi + 249, £18.40 (hardback). ISBN 0–87023–707–1.

Britain's Future in Europe. By Michael Franklin with Marc Wilkie. London: RIIA/Pinter, 1990. Pp.viii + 133. £19.50 (hardback); £7.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–86187–046–8 and 047–6.

European Competition Policy. Edited by Peter Montagnon. London: RIIA/ Pinter, 1990. Pp. vii + 135. £19.50 (hardback); £7.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–86187–885‐X.

The Technical Challenges and Opportunities of a United Europe. Edited by Michael Steinberg. London: Pinter, 1990. Pp.195. £30 (hardback). ISBN 0–86187–344–2.

Public Policy in Northern Ireland: Adoption or Adaptation? Edited by M. E. H. Connolly and S. Loughlin. Policy Research Institute, 1990. Pp.335. ISBN 1–870654–10–2.

Interpreting Northern Ireland. By John Whyte. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. Pp.xii + 308. £35. ISBN 0–19–827848–9.

The Future of Northern Ireland. Edited by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. Pp.xx + 376. £40. ISBN 0–19–827329–0.     

Europe: Past,present, future

Jean Monnet: The First Statesman of Interdependence. By FRANÇOIS DUCHÊNE. New York, Norton, 1994. Pp.458, notes, sources, publications, index. £22 (cloth), £10.95 (paper) ISBN 0–393–03497–6 and ‐393–31490–1.

Elusive Union: The Process of Economic and Monetary Union in Europe. By KENNETH DYSON. London, Longman, 1994. Pp.xiii + 361, index. £40 (cloth), £17.99 (paper). ISBN 0–582–225132‐X and 0–582–25131–1.

The Road to Monetary Union in Europe: The Emperor, the Kings, and the Genies. By TOMMASO PADOA‐SCHIOPPA, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994. Pp.286, index. £30 (cloth). ISBN 0–19–828843–3.

The Rotten Heart of Europe, The Dirty War for Europe's Money. By BERNARD CONNALLY. London: Faber, 1995. Pp.xvii + 427, references, index. £17.50 (cloth). ISBN 0–571–17520–1.

Europe: The Strange Superpower. By DAVID BUCHAN. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1993. Pp.181 index. £35 (cloth); £17.50 (paper). ISBN 1–85521–441–5 and ‐439–3.

The European Sisyphus: Essays on Europe, 1964–1994. By STANLEY HOFFMANN, Boulder, Westview Press, 1995. Pp.x + 313, index. £58.50 (cloth); £13.50 (paper). ISBN 0–81–332–3200 and ‐2381–9.

Redefining Europe, New Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation. Edited by HUGH MIALL. London: Pinter. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1994. Pp.293. Index. £45 (cloth); £14.99 (paper). ISBN 1–85567–257‐X and ‐258–8.

Governing the New Europe. Edited by JACKHAYWARD and EDWARD C. PAGE. Oxford: Polity, 1995. Pp.418, index. £45 (cloth); £14.99 (paper). ISBN 0–7456–1219–9 and ‐1220–2.     

‘Lacking intelligence’: Some reflections on recent approaches to British counter‐insurgency, 1900–1960

David M. Anderson and David Killingray (eds), Policing and Decolonisation: Nationalism, Politics and the Police, 1917–65 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992). Pp.227. £35.00. ISBN 0–7190–3033–1.

Michael J. Cohen and Martin Kolinsky (eds), Britain and the Middle East in the 1930s: Security Problems, 1935–39 (London: Macmillan, 1992). Pp.231. £40.00. ISBN 0–333–53514–6.

Peter Heehs, The Bomb in Bengal: The Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism in India 1900–1910 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994). Pp.324, £17.50. ISBN 0–19–563350–4.

Peter Hopkirk, On Secret Service East of Constantinople (London: John Murray, 1994). Pp.431. £19.99. ISBN 9780719–55017–1.

Thomas R. Mockaitis, British Counterinsurgency 1919–60 (London: Macmillan, 1990). Pp.210. £40.00. ISBN 0–333–51131‐X.     

The Waldegrave Initiative and secret service archives: New materials and new policies

Louise Atherton, Top Secret: An Interim Guide to Recent Releases of Intelligence Records at the Public Record Office (London: PRO Publications, 1993). Pp.32. £3.25. ISBN 1 87362073.

Louise Atherton, SOE Operations in the Far East: An Introductory Guide to the Newly Released Records of the Special Operations Executive in the Public Record Office (London: PRO Publications, 1993). Pp.59. £3.25. ISBN 1 873162081.

Louise Atherton, SOE Operations in Scandinavia: A Guide to the Newly Released Records in the Public Record Office (London: PRO Publications, 1994). Pp.34. £3.25. ISBN 1 873162154.

FCO Historical Branch, Changes in British and Russian Records Policy: Occasional Papers No.7 (London: Historical Branch, LRD, 1993). Pp.42.

FCO Historical Branch, FCO Records: Policy Practice and Posterity, 1782–1993 (London: Historical Branch, LRD, Second Edition, 1993). Pp.17.