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1994 book by Seumas Milne
The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners
Cover of the first edition
AuthorSeumas Milne
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsBritish politics, UK miners' strike (1984–1985), Premiership of Margaret Thatcher, MI5
Published1994, 1995, 2004, 2014
PublisherVerso Books (1994, 2004, 2014), Pan Books (1995)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages445
ISBN978-1-78168-342-2

The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners is a book by British journalist and writer Seumas Milne, first published in 1994. Updated editions were released in 1995, 2004, and 2014.

Synopsis

The book investigates the circumstances surrounding the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike and the involvement of intelligence services in destroying the miners and the lengths the police, intelligence services and government went to in subverting public opinion. Verso Books stated: "In this 30th anniversary edition new material brings the story up to date with further revelations about the secret war against organised labour and political dissent."

Reception

Owen Jones described the book as a "terrifying, frightening indictment of the British establishment" while Naomi Klein praised it as "he definitive account of the strike—the best book on the Thatcher era". In The Irish Times, the book was commended as a "staggering journalistic investigation" with Joseph Crilly writing that "one can only allow one's head to swirl with a sense of the iniquity and the dishonesty involved". The book was also recommended by Red Pepper in which Huw Beynon described the book as a "classic" and wrote: "Through Seamus Milne's unique reporting into the dark side of the miners' strike, we can find roots of the repression that Britain continues to struggle with."

References

  1. "The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners, by Seumas Milne". The Irish Times. 2 August 2014.
  2. "Classic book: The Enemy Within". redpepper.org.uk.


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