Identifying "lessons learned" is not new--the military has been doing it for decades. However, members of the worldwide intelligence community have been slow to extract wider lessons gathered from the past and apply them to contemporary challenges. Learning from the Secret Past is a collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history. Some of the cases include the Malayan Emergency, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Northern Ireland, and the lead up to the Iraq War. Each case, accompanied by authentic documents, illuminates important lessons that...
Identifying "lessons learned" is not new--the military has been doing it for decades. However, members of the worldwide intelligence community have...
Michael S. Goodman Robert Dover Claudia Hillebrand
The "Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies" provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.
The recent growth of interest in intelligence and security studies has led to an increased demand for popular depictions of intelligence and reference works to explain the architecture and underpinnings of intelligence activity. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this Companion" "provides a strong survey of the cutting-edge research in the field of intelligence studies:
Part I: The...
The "Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies" provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies, and is essential reading ...
For more than half a century, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as broker between the intelligence agencies and the policy-makers. Since its creation, the JIC has been involved in almost every key foreign policy decision taken by the British Government. This volume covers the evolution of the JIC in 1936 and culminates with its role in the fateful events of Suez in 1956.
For more than half a century, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, acti...
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...
Reproduces and contextualises the intelligence documents that influenced crucial UK Government decisions These 20 case studies reveal the declassi...
Robert Dover Michael S. Goodman Claudia Hillebrand
The "Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies" provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies.
The recent growth of interest in intelligence and security studies has led to an increased demand for popular depictions of intelligence and reference works to explain the architecture and underpinnings of intelligence activity. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this Companion" "provides a strong survey of the cutting-edge research in the field of intelligence studies:
Part I: The evolution of intelligence studies;
Part II:...
The "Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies" provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies.
