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In 1933 the Admiralty banned 'Blinker' Hall from publishing his
autobiography, but here, for the first time, those chapters that
survived are presented in full. See what the renowned spymaster had
to say about the British Naval Intelligence - the pinnacle of the
world's secret intelligence services. He explores the function of
secret intelligence in wartime, censorship, subterfuge, the
significance of Churchill in the Dardanelles campaign, the
Zimmermann Telegram, the USA's entry to the First World War and
more. With supporting text and images by Philip Vickers and a
foreword by expert author Nigel West, A Clear Case of Genius
provides a unique insight into the thinking of one of Britain's
pioneering intelligence leaders.
When the author returned to the Congo for a year as a newly
qualified medical doctor he was able to observe Christian
missionary activity at first hand and, more importantly, to work
and learn from the people amongst whom he had been born, and who he
came to appreciate and admire. The stimulus for this book sprang
from a desire to learn more about the country and the people of
Congo before the intrusion of Europeans, the effects of Belgian
colonization, the role of missionaries in exposing the brutalities
of King Leopold II's rubber industry, and the contribution of
Christian missions to the development of the country that is now
the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mission. Impossible? is based on
a detailed study of the archived records of the Congo Balolo
Mission, personal interviews with retired missionaries and
missionary children, current leaders of the Congolese church and
other previously unpublished personal material. Following the
"discovery" of the Congo River by Henry Morton Stanley in 1877 the
Congo was presented to the wider world as "The Heart of Darkness",
a concept challenged by the author in the final chapter. A
postscript by Norbert Mpu-Mbutu adds an important Congolese
perspective.
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++++ Keftiu And The Peoples Of The Sea; Annual Of The British
School At Athens. Offprint] Harry Reginald Hall British school at
Athens, 1902 Egypt; Keftiu (Place-name); Sea Peoples
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