Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013

ISBN-13: 9780748678570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 456 str.

Richard J. Aldrich;Rory Cormac;Michael S. Goodman

Opis

Reproduces and contextualises the intelligence documents that influenced crucial UK Government decisions
These 20 case studies reveal the declassified papers of the JIC, shining a light on the workings of Whitehall's secret world and the vital, previously unknown, role played by intelligence in pivotal events across the 20th and 21st centuries.
For more than half a century, the Joint Intelligence Committee or 'JIC' has been a central component of the British Government's secret machinery. It represents the highest authority in the world of intelligence and acts as a broker between the spy and the policy-maker. From WWII to the War in Iraq, and from the Falklands to the IRA, it has been involved in almost every key foreign policy decision.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Rise of the Joint Intelligence Committee; 2. Origins of the Joint Intelligence Committee; 3. World War II and the Role of Intelligence in Strategic Planning; 4. A Post-War Intelligence Machinery; 5. Origins of the Soviet Threat; 6. Sigint Targetting; 7. The Berlin Blockade; 8. Chinese Intervention in the Korean War; 9. Estimating Soviet Capabilities; 10. Counterinsurgency; 11. The Suez Crisis; 12. The Cuban Missile Crisis; 13. Vietnam; 14. The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968; 15. The Rise of the PLO and terrorism in the Middle East; 16. Northern Ireland – Direct Rule; 17. The Falklands War; 18. Changing Requirements at the end of the Cold War; 19. War in Iraq – Weapons of Mass Destruction; 20. War in Iraq – Aftermath; 21. The Joint Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council; 22. The Syrian Civil War; 23. Through the Looking Glass: Illusions of Openness and the Study of British Intelligence; Bibliography; Appendix: Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee.