Secret Service - National Security in an Age of Open Information

Secret Service is a fascinating insight into the world of the security services and a reminder of the importance of actively attending to the moral health of both the institution itself and its operatives who, by their very nature, are its greatest strength and also its greatest weakness.

About the author

Jonathan Evans was director general of the British Security Service from 2007 to 2013. In 2018 he was appointed chair of the United Kingdom's Committee on Standards in Public Life. Claire Foster-Gilbert is the founding director of Westminster Abbey Institute, co-founder of the St Paul's Institute, and member of numerous medical and theological ethics committees.

Summary

Secret Service is a fascinating insight into the world of the security services and a reminder of the importance of actively attending to the moral health of both the institution itself and its operatives who, by their very nature, are its greatest strength and also its greatest weakness.

Additional text

"Politicians as well as agents would be well advised to read this book to sort out their own moral compass before heading too readily down that road."

— Jonathan Fryer

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Evans, Jonathan Foster-Gilbert Evans, Claire Foster-Gilbert
• Assisted by: Claire Foster-Gilbert (Editor)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781912208944
• ISBN: 978-1-912208-94-4
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Haus Curiosities
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration