Spying on the world : the declassified documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee / edited by Michael S. Goodman, Richard J. Aldrich & Rory Cormac.
by
Goodman, Michael S.
ISBN
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9780748678587
Title
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Spying on the world : the declassified documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee / edited by Michael S. Goodman, Richard J. Aldrich & Rory Cormac.
Author
:
Goodman, Michael S.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents
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Introduction: The rise of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- Origins of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- World War III 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 Falkland War -- Changing requirement 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 -- Appendix: Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- Document sources.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject Term
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Intelligence service -- History -- 20th century.
Service des renseignements -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Intelligence & Espionage.
Intelligence service
Added Author
:
Goodman, Michael S.
Aldrich, Richard J.
Cormac, Rory.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2014
Publication Information
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2014.
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327.1 23 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |