This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective.
Despite the discoveries of recent research, there is still much more to be revealed about the handling of nuclear weapons before and during the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC). Featuring contributions from a number of eminent international scholars of nuclear history, intelligence, espionage, political science and Cold War studies, "An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" reviews and reflects on one of the critical moments of the Cold War, focussing on three...
This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective.
A history of Swedish interception of radio and telegraph messages during World Wars I and II providing a valuable background to Swedish military operations at this time. This should prove a valuable work for anyone interested in the intelligence systems at work during wartime.
A history of Swedish interception of radio and telegraph messages during World Wars I and II providing a valuable background to Swedish military opera...
The OSS, based in London, was a critical liaison and operational outpost for American intelligence during World War II. Nelson MacPherson's study explores the evolution of the modern American intelligence behemoth from its earliest days in London and reassesses its role based on recently opened archive materials.
The OSS, based in London, was a critical liaison and operational outpost for American intelligence during World War II. Nelson MacPherson's study expl...
This book is a fascinating new examination of one of the most feared and efficient secret services the world has ever known, the Stasi. The East German Stasi was a jewel among the communist secret services, the most trusted by its Russian mother organization the KGB, and even more efficient. In its attempt at 'total coverage' of civil society, the Ministry for State Security came close to realizing the totalitarian ideal of a political police force. Based on research in archival files unlocked just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and available to few German and Western readers, this volume...
This book is a fascinating new examination of one of the most feared and efficient secret services the world has ever known, the Stasi. The East Germa...
From the 1930s to the 1950s a large number of left-wing men and women in the USA, Britain, Europe, Australia and Canada were recruited to the Soviet intelligence services. They were amateurs and the reason for their success is intriguing. Using Soviet archives, this work explores these successes.
From the 1930s to the 1950s a large number of left-wing men and women in the USA, Britain, Europe, Australia and Canada were recruited to the Soviet i...
The Cold War paranoia and US fear of reds under the beds led the CIA to infiltrate British left-wing organizations. This in turn led to pitiful attempts to Atlanticize the British Left. Hugh Wilford explores this period and the mistrust it engendered that has never truly disappeared.
The Cold War paranoia and US fear of reds under the beds led the CIA to infiltrate British left-wing organizations. This in turn led to pitiful attemp...
This volume examines the ethical issues generated by recent developments in intelligence collection and offers a comprehensive analysis of the key legal, moral and social questions thereby raised.
Intelligence officers, whether gatherers, analysts or some combination thereof, are operating in a sea of social, political, scientific and technological change. This book examines the new challenges faced by the intelligence community as a result of these changes. It looks not only at how governments employ spies as a tool of state and how the ultimate outcomes are judged by their...
This volume examines the ethical issues generated by recent developments in intelligence collection and offers a comprehensive analysis of the key ...
This volume examines the ethical issues generated by recent developments in intelligence collection and offers a comprehensive analysis of the key legal, moral and social questions thereby raised.
Intelligence officers, whether gatherers, analysts or some combination thereof, are operating in a sea of social, political, scientific and technological change. This book examines the new challenges faced by the intelligence community as a result of these changes. It looks not only at how governments employ spies as a tool of state and how the ultimate outcomes are judged by their...
This volume examines the ethical issues generated by recent developments in intelligence collection and offers a comprehensive analysis of the key ...
This book questions the conventional wisdom about one of the most controversial episodes in the Cold War, and tells the story of the CIA's backing of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.
For nearly two decades during the early Cold War, the CIA secretly sponsored some of the world s most feted writers, philosophers, and scientists as part of a campaign to prevent Communism from regaining a foothold in Western Europe and from spreading to Asia. By backing the Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA subsidized dozens of prominent magazines, global congresses, annual seminars, and artistic...
This book questions the conventional wisdom about one of the most controversial episodes in the Cold War, and tells the story of the CIA's backing ...
This collection, comprising key works by James J. Wirtz, explains how different threat perceptions can lead to strategic surprise attack, intelligence failure and the failure of deterrence.
This volume adopts a strategist s view of the issue of surprise and intelligence failure by placing these phenomena in the context of conflict between strong and weak actors in world affairs. A two-level theory explains the incentives and perceptions of both parties when significant imbalances of military power exist between potential combatants, and how this situation sets the stage for...
This collection, comprising key works by James J. Wirtz, explains how different threat perceptions can lead to strategic surprise attack, intellige...
