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Secret service : political policing in Canada : from the Fenians to fortress America / Reg Whitaker, Gregory S. Kealey, and Andrew Parnaby.

Summary:

"Secret Service provides the first comprehensive history of political policing in Canada – from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, through two world wars and the Cold War to the more recent 'war on terror.' This book reveals the extent, focus, and politics of government-sponsored surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations."

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  • ISBN: 9780802007520 (bound)
  • ISBN: 080200752X (bound)
  • ISBN: 9780802078018 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 080207801X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: viii, 687 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject:
Intelligence service > History > Canada
Police > Political aspects > Canada > History.
Intelligence service > Canada > History.
Secret service > Canada > History.

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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Political Policing in Canada 3(16)
Part One Origins
1 The Empire Strikes Back
19(19)
2 `You Drive Us Hindus out of Canada and We Will Drive Every White Man out of India!'
38(22)
3 A War on Two Fronts
60(33)
Part Two Survival and Revival
4 The RCMP, the Communist Party, and the Consolidation of Canada's Cold War
93(24)
5 `Redder Than Ever': Political Policing during the Great Depression
117(28)
6 Keep the Home Fires Burning, 1939-45
145(34)
Part Three Cold War Canada
7 The Ice Age: Mounties on the Cold War Front Line, 1945-69
179(39)
8 The Coyote, the Roadrunner, and the Reds under the Bed: Communist Espionage and Subversion
218(53)
Part Four Separatists, Scandals, and Reform
9 National Unity, National Security: The Quebec Conundrum, 1960-84
271(53)
10 `I'm Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going on in Here!': The Creation of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
324(41)
11 Old Wine into New Bottles: CSIS, 1984-2001
365(66)
Part Five After the Twin Towers
12 After the Deluge: In the Shadow of the Twin Towers, 2001-11
431(37)
13 No More Mr Nice Spy: CSIS and the Dark Side of the War on Terror
468(53)
Conclusion: Policing Canadian Democracy 521(24)
Notes 545(120)
A Note on Sources 665(5)
Illustration Credits 670(1)
Index 671