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About the Author
Simon Ball is Professor of International History and Politics at the University of Leeds, where he has taught since 2012, specialising in the history of the Cold War, the Second World War, secret intelligence and political assassination. He was formerly Professor of Contemporary History and Head of Humanities at the University of Glasgow and was the editor of the journal, War in History, from 2014 to 2021. His most recent book is Secret History: Writing the Rise of Britain’s Intelligence Services (2020); his other publications include The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean, 1935–1949 (2009), The Cold War: An International History 1947–1991 (1998) and The Bomber in British Strategy: Doctrine, Strategy and Britain’s World Role, 1945–1960 (1995).