Bond, The Secret Service & Exporting Britain's Influence
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Most Popular Spy in the History of the World
Bond wasn't a crutch for britoin to have most popular spy in history of the world, despite the fact that i existed. Think any other country, an intelligent service would have regarded that as an advantage. It's a positive story of how britain gave up hard power but developed the oldeto of more hazy, but albeit realistic, soft power in the world. In the 15 eighties, under queen elizabeth the first, who anticipated in her understanding if intelligence, britain did something that no power had ever done until that point. It suddenly became the best at theatre. The name william shakespeare provides some, but not complete sification wot
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