By: Reginald Whitaker, Gregory S. Kealey, Andrew Parnaby

Hardcover

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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.

Drawing on previously classified government records, the authors reveal that for over 150 years, Canada has run spy operations largely hidden from public or parliamentary scrutiny - complete with undercover agents, secret sources, agent provocateurs, coded communications, elaborate files, and all the usual apparatus of deception and betrayal so familiar to fans of spy fiction. As they argue, what makes Canada unique among Western countries is its insistent focus of its surveillance inwards, and usually against Canadian citizens.

Secret Service highlights the many tensions that arise when undercover police and their covert methods are deployed too freely in a liberal democratic society. It will prove invaluable to readers attuned to contemporary debates about policing, national security, and civil rights in a post-9/11 world.

'Secret Service provides an excellent overview of how Canada's security service engaged in the political policing of its citizens over the course of Canadian History... It serves as one of the most complete studies ever produced on the topic.' -- Dennis Molinaro Canadian Historical Review, vol 94:01:2013 'An excellent history... Deeply scholarly yet refreshing unacademic in its tone and temper, the text bridges with considerable skill the requirements of rigorous, measured analysis of a wide variety of sources that is inherent in good history... The book deserves to be widely read.' -- Jez Littlewood Literary Review of Canada vol 21:04:2013

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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ISBN: 9780802007520
ISBN-10: 080200752X
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 720
Published: 24th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 16.0  x 4.3
Weight (kg): 1.1