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This book, first published in 1991, examines the changes to security and intelligence agencies envisioned in the uncertain world at the end of the Cold War. While the central focus is on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, its history, function and future, there are also comparative studies of the British, Soviet, American and Australian systems.
List of contents
Part 1. International Perspectives on Intelligence 1. Introduction: The Fin-de-siècle Phenomenon Wesley K. Wark 2. The British View of Security and Intelligence Christopher Andrew 3. The Soviet View of Security and Intelligence John J. Dziak 4. Strategic Intelligence: An American Perspective Loch K. Johnson Part 2. Canadian and Comparative Perspectives 5. Introduction David Stafford 6. The Evolution of the Security Intelligence Debate in Canada since 1976 Peter Gill 7. Review versus Oversight John Starnes 8. Accountability and the Australian Security Intelligence Organization: A Brief History Frank Cain 9. The Canadian Security and Intelligence System: Fighting the Last War or the Next? Reg Whitaker Part 3. Some Major Issues for the Future 10. Introduction A. Stuart Farson 11. The CSIS, Gorbachev and Global Change: Canada’s Internal Security and Intelligence Requirements in Transition Franklyn Griffiths 12. Strategic Intelligence and Effective Policy Robert Jervis 13. Countering Terrorism in Canada Jean-Paul Brodeur
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A. Stuart Farson, David Stafford and Wesley K. Wark
Summary
This book, first published in 1991, examines the changes to security and intelligence agencies envisioned in the uncertain world at the end of the Cold War. While the central focus is on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, there are also comparative studies of the British, Soviet, American and Australian systems.
