life was much coloured by the presence of migrants, became a particular stage-set for stories of refugee subterfuge, conspiracy and espionage. 52 Here the contradictions of cosmopolitanism were apparent, in which the glamorous, outward-facing nature of
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‘At the Mercy of the German Eagle’
Images of London in Dissolution in the Novels of William Le Queux
Antony Taylor
By the shores of white waters
The Altai and its place in the spiritual geopolitics of Nicholas Roerich
John McCannon
The artist Nicholas Roerich, famous for his expeditions (1925-1928 and 1934-1936) to Central Asia and the Himalayas, was deeply fascinated by the Altai Mountains, which he visited in 1926 (even though he had emigrated from Soviet Russia in 1918). His interest in the region had partly to do with his scholarly theories about the origin of Eurasian cultures. Even more important were Roerich's occult beliefs. Ostensibly artistic and academic in nature, Roerich's expeditions were part of a larger effort to create a pan-Buddhist state that was to include southern Siberia, Mongolia, and Tibet. In the Altai, Roerich aimed to locate the legendary land of White Waters (Belovod'e) and build his capital there. Support for this 'Great Plan' came from American followers of Roerich's mystical teachings. In addition, by representing himself to Soviet authorities as someone who might foster anti-British resentment and pro-Russian feelings among the populations of Central Asia and Tibet, Roerich briefly piqued their interest. The Great Plan was never realised, but Roerich continued to believe in the Altai's magical properties.
“Clear and Present Danger”
The Legacy of the 1917 Espionage Act in the United States
Petra DeWitt
surveillance practices. The Justice Department charged him with two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917, a wartime measure enacted by Congress to discover and punish spies, saboteurs, and opponents to World War I. 1 Historians studying the Espionage
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 115–133 (19 total)
Introduction
Dov Waxman
Pro-Israel advocacy in the United States has come under a great deal of critical scrutiny in recent years. Denunciations of the excessive influence of the “Israel Lobby” on US foreign policymaking toward the Middle East, allegations of espionage leveled against high-ranking employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and arguments over whether pro-Israel organizations adequately represent American Jewish opinion have all served to put the pro-Israel lobby in the public spotlight.
Book Reviews
Lloyd Kramer Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion by Helena Rosenblatt
Paul V. Dutton Breadwinners and Citizens: Gender in the Making of the French Social Model by Laura Levine Frader
Paul Jankowski The Hunt for Nazi Spies: Fighting Espionage in Vichy France by Simon Kitson
Lynne Taylor The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France: Foreigners, Undesirables, and Strangers by Shannon Fogg
Rodney Benson Turning on the Mind: French Philosophers on Television by Tamara Chaplin
Elisa Camiscioli La Condition noire: Essai sur une minorité française by Pap Ndiaye
Susan Carol Rogers The Life of Property: House, Family and Inheritance in Bearn, South-West France by Timothy Jenkins
In French Politics, Culture & Society
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- 01 Mar 2011
- Article Type:
- Book Review
- Pages:
- 130–151 (22 total)
Editorial
Francisca de Haan
In the quarter century since the fall of communist governments across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, scholars have used increased access to archival sources and the fresh perspective created by time to begin to re-evaluate the Cold War, the “all-encompassing struggle for global power and influence between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies.” Yet, much of this new research remains centered on traditional topics like decision making amongst political elites, diplomacy, and espionage. Scholars are only beginning to explore the various and complex ways in which gender played a role in the Cold War conflict, in terms of representation and language, as having shaped foreign policy, or as a core field in which the two sides competed, each advocating its way of life, including its gender system, as superior and in women’s real interest. The Soviet Union, having given women full economic, political, and legal rights, at least until the 1970s claimed to have solved the “woman question”; in 1963, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev proudly stated in a message to an international congress of women held in Moscow that women were full-fledged members of Soviet society.
William Le Queux, the Zeppelin Menace and the Invisible Hand
Brett Holman
Most of the literature on William Le Queux concentrates on his career before the Great War, when he spent the better part of a decade warning of the twin dangers of German espionage and German invasion through his fiction and his journalism. 1 As
In Critical Survey
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 99–118 (20 total)
Radical Reactionary
The Politics of William Le Queux
Harry Wood
‘I am no alarmist.’ Appearing in the opening pages of his counter-espionage exposé German Spies in England (1915), this defensive appeal to authenticity and rationality is now likely to raise smiles among scholars of William Le Queux. 1 Writing
In Critical Survey
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 139–158 (20 total)
The Mysterious Mr Le Queux
War Novelist, Defence Publicist and Counterspy
Roger T. Stearn
spy novels show, risky. Data is scattered: obituaries and usually brief mentions in the press, in others’ diaries and memoirs and, on his counter-espionage activities, in official papers. This article attempts a synthesis of recent published findings
Editors’ Note
’s literature through the books of Devorah Omer: the NILI espionage group during World War I and the story of Itamar Ben-Avi, the first native speaker of modern Hebrew. Shikhmanter weaves together politics and differing historical narratives to show how Omer