Treason: Meanings and Motives

ISBN-13: 9781138362574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 258 str.

Eric Carlton

Opis

First published in 1998, this volume is a historical and comparative study of treason, whose aim is to clarify and categorize the diverse and often mixed – even confused – motives which underlie treason, both at its conspiracy and implemental stages.

Spis treści

1. Treason: Are there any Relevant Theories? 2. Treason and Resentment: The Macedonian Conspiracies. 3. Treason and Divided Loyalties: The Late Roman Republic. 4. Treason as Fiction: Hernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico. 5. Treason and Ambiguity: The Monmouth Rebellion. 6. Treason as Negotiation: Denmark and the Policy of Measured Expediency. 7. Treason and Accommodation: Dutch Collaboration under Nazi Pressure. 8. Treason and Political Misjudgement: The Case of the British Free Corps. 9. Treason as Appeasement: Great Britain 1938-41. 10. Treason and Disillusionment: The Case of Count Ciano. 11. Treason as Attribution: The ‘People’s Democracy’ in Hungary. 12. Treason and Opportunism I: The Double Defection of General Fromm. 13. Treason and Opportunism II: The Desertion of SS General Fegelein. 14. Treason and Ideology: The Tension of the Double Life. 15. Treason as Disloyalty: The Un-American Activities Phenomenon. 16. Treason and Assassination: Turbulence in Latin America. 17. Treason and Material Reward: The CIA versus the KGB. 18. Treason and Blackmail: Sex, Scandal and Betrayal.