Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa

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Published for the first time in paperback, Beaver has produced a study of the early origins of what was to become, in the twentieth century, military intelligence.
Delving into an encyclopaedic array of little-known primary sources, William Beaver uncovers a vigorous intelligence function at the heart of Victoria's Empire. A cadre of exceptionally able and dedicated officers, they formed the War Office Intelligence Division, which gave Britain's foreign policy its backbone in the heyday of imperial acquisition.

'Under Every Leaf' is the first major study to examine the seminal role of intelligence gathering and analysis in 'England's era'. So well did Great Britain play her hand, it seemed to all the world that, as the Farsi expression goes, "Anywhere a leaf moves, underneath you will find an Englishman."

The historian William Beaver is also a soldier, corporate communicator, arts editor and Anglican priest.
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Weight 0.500000
Author Beaver, William
Availability IP
Department Travel Writing
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781785905025
Pages 352
Published 16/07/2019
Publisher Biteback Publishing
Section Travel Writing: General
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