{"id":20930,"date":"2023-01-02T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=222320"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:36:19","slug":"sabotage-cyberwar-assassination-a-history-of-covert-action","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/sabotage-cyberwar-assassination-a-history-of-covert-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabotage, cyberwar &#038; assassination: a history of covert action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rhiannon Davies\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 02 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Ever since the Greeks supposedly hid inside a wooden horse to sneak into Troy, states have meddled in other nations\u2019 affairs, turning to the dark arts of sabotage, propaganda and state-sanctioned killing to carry out their secret plans. Speaking to Rhiannon Davies, Rory Cormac delves into the murky history of covert action.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-222320-2&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Sabotagecormac-519bdc9.mp3?_=2&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Sabotagecormac-519bdc9.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/Sabotagecormac-519bdc9.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rory Cormac is the author of <em>How To Stage A Coup: And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft<\/em> (Atlantic, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/how-to-stage-a-coup-and-ten-other-lessons-from-the-world-of-secret-statecraft\/9781838955618?aid=111&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/How-Stage-Coup-Lessons-Statecraft\/dp\/1838955615\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/how-to-stage-a-coup\/rory-cormac\/9781838955618&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhiannon Davies Published: Monday, 02 January 2023 at 12:00 am Ever since the Greeks supposedly hid inside a wooden horse to sneak into Troy, states have meddled in other nations\u2019 affairs, turning to the dark arts of sabotage, propaganda and state-sanctioned killing to carry out their secret plans. 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