Secret Service

by Whitaker, Reg; Kealey, Gregory S.; Parnaby, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780802007520
• ISBN10: 080200752X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-24
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

For more than a century, Canadian governments have run spy operations, with undercover agents, secret sources, agents provocateurs, coded communications, elaborate files, and all the usual apparatus of deception and betrayal so familiar to aficionados of spy fiction. But instead of conducting such activities abroad, Canadian governments have done so at home, and usually against Canadian citizens... Why have Canadian governments been so fearful of 'enemies within,' when Canada's history suggests strongly that it is one of the most peaceful, well-ordered, uneventful countries in a turbulent world?

Table of Contents

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