The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners

By Seumas Milne

“A terrifying, frightening indictment of the British establishment.” Owen Jones

Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984–85 miners' strike "the enemy within." In this classic account, Seumas Milne reveals the astonishing lengths to which her government and its intelligence machine were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain's miners' union. In this 30th anniversary edition new material brings the story up to date with further revelations about the secret war against organized labour and political dissent, and the devastating price paid for the Thatcher administration's onslaught by communities across Britain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Verso
• Release date: Mar 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781781686362

Seumas Milne

Seumas Milne is a columnist and Associate Editor on the Guardian and the paper's former Comment Editor. He was previously the Guardian's Labour Editor and a staff journalist on the Economist. He is the author of The Enemy Within and co-author of Beyond the Casino Economy.