Learning From the Secret Past - Cases in British Intelligence History

Informationen zum Autor Robert Dover is a senior lecturer in international relations at Loughborough University (UK) and the author of The Europeanization of British Defence Policy! 1997-2005. Michael S. Goodman is a senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London! official historian of the Joint Intelligence Committee (UK)! and author of Spying on the Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence and the Soviet Bomb. Klappentext A collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history that include: the Malayan Emergency! the Cuban Missile Crisis! Northern Ireland! and the lead up to the Iraq War. Zusammenfassung A collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history that include: the Malayan Emergency! the Cuban Missile Crisis! Northern Ireland! and the lead up to the Iraq War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Learning from the Secret Past David Omand Part I: The Organization and Oversight of Intelligence1. The Post-War Organization of Intelligence: The January 1945 Report to the Joint Intelligence Committee on "The Intelligence Machine" Michael Herman Document: The Intelligence Machine 2. "A Formidable Power to Cause Trouble for the Government"? Intelligence Oversight and the Creation of the UK Intelligence and Security Committee Peter Gill Document: Intelligence Services Bill Part II: Political Interference in Intelligence 3. The Scott Report: Intelligence and the Arms Trade Robert Dover Document: Matrix Churchill Ltd: Export Licence Applications for Iraq! September 25! 1989 4. Political Interference in the Intelligence Process: The Case of Iraqi WMD Mark Phythian Document: The Butler Report: Annex B: Intelligence Assessment and Presentation: From March to September 2002 Part III: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism5. Intelligence and Counterinsurgency: The Malayan Experience Matthew Jones Document: "The Special Branch Charter!" Directive No. 21! Director of Operations! Malaya! 24th April 1952 6. "A Skeleton in Our Cupboard": British Interrogation Procedures in Northern Ireland Richard J. Aldrich Document6: Prisoner Handling in Interrogation Centres in Northern Ireland: Report by the Intelligence Coordinator 7. The Value and Limits of Experience in the Early Years of the Northern Ireland Troubles! 1969--1972 Eunan O'Halpin Document: Visit by Secretary JIC to Northern Ireland! January 10-12! 1972 Part IV: Avoiding Surprise 8. Suez and the Threat to UK Interests Overseas Gill Bennett Document: The Threat to United Kingdom Interests Overseas! October 18! 1956 9. Oleg Penkovsky! British Intelligence! and the Cuban Missile Crisis Len Scott Document: "Cuba: Threat Posed By Soviet Missiles!" October 26! 1962 Document: CIA Memo: Meeting No. 1 (London) at Mount Royal Hotel! April 20! 1961 10. Avoiding Surprise: The Nicoll Report and Intelligence Analysis Michael S. Goodman Document: "The Joint Intelligence Committee and Warning of Aggression!" November 1981 11. Lessons Learned: What the History of British Intelligence Can Tell Us about the Future Robert Dover and Michael S. GoodmanContributors Index ...

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• Authors: Robert Dover, Robert (EDT)/ Goodman Dover, Robert Goodman Dover, Michael S. Goodman
• Assisted by: Robert Dover (Editor), Robert (Senior Lecturer in International Relations Dover (Editor), Dover Robert (Editor), Michael S. Goodman (Editor), Michael S. (Senior Lecturer Goodman (Editor), Goodman Michael S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2011
• EAN: 9781589017702
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-770-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Learning from the Secret Past; Learning from the Secret Past
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services