Title: Spying on the world :
Authors: Aldrich, Richard J.; Cormac, Rory,; Goodman, Michael S.,
Date: 2014
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Physical description: 448 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Abstract: Declassified documents and case studies illustrate the workings of the Joint Intelligence Committee, which acts as a broker between Britain's secret and foreign services.
Contents: Introduction: The Rise of the Joint Intelligence Committee Origins of the Joint Intelligence Committee World War II and the Role of Intelligence in Strategic Planning A Post-War Intelligence Machinery Origins of the Soviet Threat Sigint Targeting The Berlin Blockade Chinese Intervention in the Korean War Estimating Soviet Capabilities Counterinsurgency The Suez Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 The Rise of International Terrorism in the Middle East Northern Ireland: Direct Rule The Falklands War Changing Requirements at the End of the Cold War War in Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction War in Iraq: Aftermath The Joint Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council The Syrian Civil War Through the Looking Glass: Illusions of Openness and the Study of British Intelligence
Subject headings (LCSH): Case studies.; Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.; Great Britain--Foreign relations--21st century.; Great Britain. Joint Intelligence Committee--History--20th century--Case studies.; Great Britain. Joint Intelligence Committee--History--21st century--Case studies.; Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century--Case studies.; Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--21st century--Case studies.