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Author : Jonathan Bloch
Publisher : Brandon Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book British Intelligence and Covert Action written by Jonathan Bloch and published by Brandon Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rory Cormac
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191087521
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Disrupt and Deny written by Rory Cormac and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to ferment revolution in Albania, blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to Israel, and secretly funnelled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan and dissidents in Poland. MI6 has launched cultural and economic warfare against Iceland and Czechoslovakia. It has tried to instigate coups in Congo, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and elsewhere. Through bribery and blackmail, Britain has rigged elections as colonies moved to independence. Britain has fought secret wars in Yemen, Indonesia, and Oman — and discreetly used Special Forces to eliminate enemies from colonial Malaya to Libya during the Arab Spring. This is covert action: a vital, though controversial, tool of statecraft and perhaps the most sensitive of all government activity. If used wisely, it can play an important role in pursuing national interests in a dangerous world. If used poorly, it can cause political scandal — or worse. In Disrupt and Deny, Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain's secret scheming against its enemies, as well as its friends; of intrigue and manoeuvring within the darkest corridors of Whitehall, where officials fought to maintain control of this most sensitive and seductive work; and, above all, of Britain's attempt to use smoke and mirrors to mask decline. He reveals hitherto secret operations, the slush funds that paid for them, and the battles in Whitehall that shaped them.
Author : Paul Todd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848133766
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Spies, Lies and the War on Terror written by Paul Todd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of the War on Terror has seen intelligence agencies emerge out of the shadows to become major political players. 'Rendition', untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are now fast becoming the norm. Spies, Lies and the War on Terror traces the transformation of intelligence from a tool for law enforcement to a means of avoiding the law - both national and international. The new culture of victimhood in the US and among partners in the 'coalition of the willing' has crushed domestic liberties and formed a global network of extra-legal licence. State and corporate interests are increasingly fused in the new business of privatising fear. Todd & Bloch argue that the bureaucracy and narrow political goals surrounding intelligence actually have the potential to increase the terrorist threat. This lively and shocking account is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the new power of intelligence.
Author : G.J.A. O'Toole
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192025
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Honorable Treachery written by G.J.A. O'Toole and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “splendidly written, impeccably researched, and perfectly fascinating” look at clandestine operations from colonial times to the Cuban Missile Crisis (The Washington Post Book World). We’ve always depended on intelligence gathering to drive foreign policy in peacetime and command decision in war—but that work has often taken place in the shadows. Honorable Treachery fills in these details in our national history, dramatically recounting every important intelligence operation from our nation’s birth into the early 1960s. Among numerous other stories, the book recounts how in 1795, President Washington mounted a covert operation to ransom American hostages in the Middle East; how in 1897, Kaiser Wilhelm II’s plans for an invasion of the United States were stopped by the director of the US Office of Naval Intelligence; and how President Woodrow Wilson created a secret agency called the Inquiry to compile intelligence for the peace negotiations at the end of World War I. From a Pulitzer Prize finalist who himself worked for the CIA, Honorable Treachery puts America’s use of covert intelligence into a broader historical context, providing a unique insight into the secret workings of our country. “O’Toole offers fascinating information generally unrecorded in traditional diplomatic and military histories.” —Library Journal
Author : Rory Cormac
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199365393
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Confronting the Colonies written by Rory Cormac and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, Confronting the Colonies considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy responses to, insurgent threats. Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare. It explores the challenges these emerging threats posed to intelligence assessment and how they were met with varying degrees of success. Such issues remain of vital importance today. By examining the relationship between intelligence and policy, Cormac provides original and revealing insights into government thinking in the era of decolonisation, from the origins of nationalist unrest to the projection of dwindling British power. He demonstrates how intelligence (mis-)understood the complex relationship between the Cold War, nationalism, and decolonisation; how it fuelled fierce Whitehall feuding; and how it shaped policymakers' attempts to integrate counterinsurgency into broader strategic policy.
Author : Paul W. Blackstock
Publisher : Gale Cengage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Intelligence, Espionage, Counterespionage, and Covert Operations written by Paul W. Blackstock and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher R. Moran
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748677569
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US written by Christopher R. Moran and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first introduction to writing about intelligence and intelligence services. Secrecy has never stopped people from writing about intelligence. From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposes and spy novels, writing on intelligence abounds. Now, this new account uncovers intelligence historiography's hugely important role in shaping popular understandings and the social memory of intelligence. In this first introduction to these official and unofficial histories, a range of leading contributors narrate and interpret the development of intelligence studies as a discipline. Each chapter showcases new archival material, looking at a particular book or series of books and considering issues of production, censorship, representation and reception.
Author : Michael Herman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780714681962
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Intelligence Services in the Information Age written by Michael Herman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume argues for intelligence professionalism as a contribution to international security and for its encouragement as a world standard.
Author : A. Robertson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349084182
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book British and American Approaches to Intelligence written by A. Robertson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-06-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. Boghardt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230508421
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Spies of the Kaiser written by T. Boghardt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spies of the Kaiser examines the scope and objectives of German covert operations in Great Britain before and during the First World War. It assesses the effect of German espionage on Anglo-German relations and discusses the extent to which the fear of German espionage in the United Kingdom shaped the British intelligence community in the early Twentieth-century. The study is based on original archival material, including hitherto unexploited German records and recently declassified British documents.
Author : Ken G. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book British and American Approaches to Intelligence written by Ken G. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas E. Mahl
Publisher : Potomac Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Desperate Deception written by Thomas E. Mahl and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the secret political campaign undertaken by Britain in 1939 to weaken America's isolationists, bring the U.S. into World War II, and influence American policy in England's favor. Discusses British influence in the Willkie campaign, the political destruction of isolationist Congressman Hamilton Fish, the ideological switch of Senator Vandenburg, and pro-war propaganda efforts by the New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune and Warner Brothers Studios. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : James Callanan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350170836
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Covert Action in the Cold War written by James Callanan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter the challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its allies and bolster American interests worldwide. It evolved rapidly into an eclectic, well-resourced organization whose activities provided a substitute for overt military action and afforded essential backup when the Cold War turned hot in Korea and Vietnam. This comprehensive examination of a still controversial subject sheds valuable new light on the undercover operations mounted by the CIA during the Cold War. Using a wide range of unpublished government records and documents, James Callanan traces the growth of the agency chronologically as it forged a covert action mission that sought to advance US foreign and defense policy in all corners of the globe. Offering a powerful perspective on a pivotal period in American history, "Covert Action in the Cold War" makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of global politics during the Cold War.
Author : F. H. Hinsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521394093
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book British Intelligence in the Second World War: Volume 4, Security and Counter-Intelligence written by F. H. Hinsley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-08-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three volumes of the series dealt with the influence of intelligence on strategy and operations. Volume 4 analyzes the contribution made by intelligence to the work of the authorities responsible for countering the threats of subversion, sabotage and intelligence gathering by the enemy in the United Kingdom and British territories overseas, and neutral countries. It describes the evolution of the security intelligence agencies between the wars and the security situation in September 1939. This volume reviews the arguments about security policy regarding enemy aliens, Fascists and Communists in the winter of 1939-1940 and during the Fifth Column panic in the summer of 1940. It describes how the security system, still at that time inadequately organized and poorly informed, was developed into an efficient machine and how, with invaluable help from signals intelligence and other sources and by the skillful use of double agents, the operation of the enemy intelligence services were effectively countered. In conclusion, it notes the consistent subservience of the Communist Party to the interests of the USSR and the likely threat to British security.
Author : Rory Cormac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199388257
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (882 download)
Download or read book Confronting the Colonies written by Rory Cormac and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy responses to, insurgent threats. The book demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare.
Author : Stephen F. Knott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195100980
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Secret and Sanctioned written by Stephen F. Knott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eye-opening account reveals that covert intelligence operations in the U.S. date much farther back than most people realize--back to the Founding Fathers. Detailing clandestine, unscrupulous operations that took place under such presidents as Washington, Jefferson, Polk, and Lincoln, Knott reveals that presidents have rarely consulted Congress before engaging in such operations.
Author : Jeffery T. Richelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199880581
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book A Century of Spies written by Jeffery T. Richelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-17 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivalled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold War world, offering an unsurpassed overview of the role of modern intelligence in every part of the globe. From spies and secret agents to the latest high-tech wizardry in signals and imagery surveillance, it provides fascinating, in-depth coverage of important operations of United States, British, Russian, Israeli, Chinese, German, and French intelligence services, and much more. All the key elements of modern intelligence activity are here. An expert whose books have received high marks from the intelligence and military communities, Jeffrey Richelson covers the crucial role of spy technology from the days of Marconi and the Wright Brothers to today's dazzling array of Space Age satellites, aircraft, and ground stations. He provides vivid portraits of spymasters, spies, and defectors--including Sidney Reilly, Herbert Yardley, Kim Philby, James Angleton, Markus Wolf, Reinhard Gehlen, Vitaly Yurchenko, Jonathan Pollard, and many others. Richelson paints a colorful portrait of World War I's spies and sabateurs, and illuminates the secret maneuvering that helped determine the outcome of the war on land, at sea, and on the diplomatic front; he investigates the enormous importance of intelligence operations in both the European and Pacific theaters in World War II, from the work of Allied and Nazi agents to the "black magic" of U.S. and British code breakers; and he gives us a complete overview of intelligence during the length of the Cold War, from superpower espionage and spy scandals to covert action and secret wars. A final chapter probes the still-evolving role of intelligence work in the new world of disorder and ethnic conflict, from the high-tech wonders of the Gulf War to the surprising involvement of the French government in industrial espionage. Comprehensive, authoritative, and addictively readable, A Century of Spies is filled with new information on a variety of subjects--from the activities of the American Black Chamber in the 1920s to intelligence collection during the Cuban missile crisis to Soviet intelligence and covert action operations. It is an essential volume for anyone interested in military history, espionage and adventure, and world affairs.
