Secret Intelligence - A Reader

The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the future of intelligence.
Secret intelligence has never enjoyed a higher profile. The events of 9/11, the con icts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the missing WMD controversy, public debates over prisoner interrogation, together with the revelations of figures such as Edward Snowden, recent cyber attacks and the rise of 'hybrid warfare' have all contributed to make this a 'hot' subject over the past two decades.
Aiming to be more comprehensive than existing books, and to achieve truly international coverage of the field, this book provides key readings and supporting material for students and course convenors. It is divided into four main sections, each of which includes full summaries of each article, further reading suggestions and student questions:
- The intelligence cycle
- Intelligence, counter-terrorism and security
- Ethics, accountability and secrecy
- Intelligence and the new warfare
This new edition contains essays by leading scholars in the field and will be essential reading for students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, international security and political science in general, and of interest to anyone wishing to understand the current relationship between intelligence and policy-making.

 
 

List of contents

Introduction: What is intelligence?  1. Wanted: A definition of 'intelligence' Michael Warner  2. Ideas of intelligence: Divergent national concepts and institutions Philip Davies  Part 1: The Intelligence Cycle  Summary  The collection of intelligence  3. Observations on Successful Espionage Joseph Wippl  4. All glory is eeting: SIGINT and the fight against international terrorism Matthew Aid  5. Introducing Social Media Intelligence Sir David Omand, James Bartlett and Carl Miller  6. The Increasing Value of Open Source Stevyn Gibson  The analysis of intelligence  7. Surprise despite warning: Why sudden attacks succeed R.K. Betts  8. Is Politicization Ever a Good Thing? Joshua Rovner  Intelligence at the top: Producer-consumer linkage  9. American Presidents and their intelligence communities C.M Andrew  10. Squaring the circle: Dealing with intelligence-policy breakdowns K.L. Gardiner  Liaison: International Intelligence co-operation  11. International intelligence co-operation: An inside perspective Stephen Lander  12. 'Foreign Intelligence Liaison: Devils, Deals, and Details' Jennifer Sims  Part 2: Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and Security  Summary  Intelligence and 9/11  13. The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Failure of Policy Not Strategic Intelligence Analysis Stephen Marrin  14. Deja Vu? Comparing Pearl Harbor and September 11 James J. Wirtz  Intelligence and WMD  15. Reports, politics, and intelligence failures: The case of Iraq Robert Jervis  16. British Intelligence Failures and Iraq John Morrison  Security intelligence and counter-terrorism  17. Intelligence and strategy in the war on Islamist terrorism John R. Schindler  18. Intelligence in Northern Ireland B. Bamford  Counter-intelligence  19. Counterintelligence: The broken triad Frederick L. Wettering   20. Delayed Disclosure: National Security, Whistle-Blowers and the Nature of Secrecy Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran  Part 3: Ethics, Accountability and Control  Summary  The problems of oversight and accountability  21. The British experience with intelligence accountability Mark Phythian  22. The role of news media in intelligence oversight Claudia Hillebrand  The problem of surveillance and civil liberties  23. High policing in the security control society James Sheptycki  24. Needles in Haystacks: Law, Capability, Ethics, and Proportionality in Big Data Intelligence-Gathering Julian Richards  Intelligence and ethics  25. Ethics and intelligence after September 2001 Michael Herman  26. 'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering Toni Erskine  Torture and assassination  27. Can the torture of terrorist suspects be justified? Maureen Ramsay  28. Torture - The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz Uwe Steinhoff  Part 4: Intelligence and the New Warfare  Summary  Covert action  29. Covert action and the Pentagon Jennifer D Kibbe  30. Secret Intelligence, Covert Action and Clandestine Diplomacy Len Scott  Intelligence, deception and military operations  31. Netcentric warfare, C4ISR and information operations John Ferris  32. The New Frontier: Cyberespionage and Cyberwar Lewis Herrington  Intelligence, counter-insurgency and peacekeeping  33. Intelligence and Counter-insurgency Rory Cormac  34. Intelligence and UN peacekeeping Hugh Smith  Reform and New Directions  35. Intelligence and the Global South; China, Africa and South America Zakia Shiraz and John Kasuku  36. Learning to live with intelligence Wesley K. Wark

About the author

Christopher Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and former Chair of the Faculty of History at Cambridge University.
Richard J. Aldrich is Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick, and a former Director of the Institute of Advanced Study. He is Leverhulme Major Research Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Wesley K. Wark is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of Trinity College and an Associate of the Munk Centre for International Studies. He is also a Visiting Research Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

Summary

The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the future of intelligence.

Report

Praise for the First Edition:
'This title fills a gap in the national security intelligence literature and is therefore a welcome addition to the bookshelves of scholars and practioners.' -- Hank Prunckun, Journal of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, Vol. 19, 2, 2011

Product details

• Authors: Christopher (Corpus Christi College Andrew
• Assisted by: Richard J Aldrich (Editor), Richard J. Aldrich (Editor), Christopher Andrew (Editor), Wesley K Wark (Editor), Wesley K. Wark (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2019
• EAN: 9780415705677
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70567-7
• No. of pages: 654
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education