Studies in Intelligence
About the Book Series
The growing interest in intelligence activities and the opening of hitherto closed archives since the end of the Cold War has stimulated this series of scholarly monographs, wartime memoirs and edited collections. With contributions from leading academics and prominent members of the intelligence community, this series has quickly become the leading forum for the academic study of intelligence.
Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays
1st Edition
By John Ferris
August 09, 2005
John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research. At last his major pioneering articles are now available in this one single volume. In Intelligence and Strategy these essential articles have been fundamentally ...
MI6 and the Machinery of Spying: Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence
1st Edition
By Philip Davies
December 02, 2004
Philip H. J. Davies is one of a growing number of British academic scholars of intelligence, but the only academic to approach the subject in terms of political science rather than history. He wrote his PhD at the University of Reading on the topic 'Organisational Development of Britain's Secret ...
Our Man in Yugoslavia: The Story of a Secret Service Operative
1st Edition
By Sebastian Ritchie
October 02, 2004
As a fully documented study of a Second World War Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) operative, Our Man in Yugoslavia is absolutely unique. Its subject is Owen Reed, an army officer recruited into SIS in the summer of 1943 and then parachuted in to German-occupied Croatia to work with Tito's ...
Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53: The Information Research Department
1st Edition
By Andrew Defty
September 24, 2004
In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January 1948, the British government launched a new propaganda policy designed to 'oppose the inroads of communism' by taking the offensive against it.' A...
Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Shadows
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Jackson, L.V. Scott
September 01, 2004
Over the past few decades, international history and security have been significantly influenced by greater understanding of the role of intelligence in national security and foreign policy-making. In Britain, much of the work has developed in the subdiscipline of international history with ...
The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60
1st Edition
Edited
By Hans Krabbendam, Giles Scott-Smith
February 18, 2004
The idea of the Cold War as a propaganda contest as opposed to a military conflict is being increasingly accepted. This has led to a re-evaluation of the relationship between economic policies, political agendas and cultural activities in Western Europe post 1945.This book provides an important ...
Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Heike Bungert, Jan G. Heitmann, Michael Wala
May 01, 2003
This work investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern communication are also discussed....
Intelligence Services in the Information Age
1st Edition
By Michael Herman
November 01, 2001
Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism" now call for an even more intensive effort. ...
Secrets of Signals Intelligence During the Cold War: From Cold War to Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew M. Aid, Cees Wiebes
September 01, 2001
In recent years the importance of Signals Intelligence (Sigint) has become more prominent, especially the capabilities of reading and deciphering diplomatic, military and commercial communications of other nations. This work reveals the role of intercepting messages during the Cold War....
American-British-Canadian Intelligence Relations, 1939-2000
1st Edition
Edited
By Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, David Stafford
September 01, 2000
This work considers, for the first time, the intelligence relationship between three important North Atlantic powers in the Twenty-first century, from WWII to post-Cold War. As demonstrated in the case studies in this volume, World War II cemented loose and often informal inter-allied agreements ...
The Norwegian Intelligence Service, 1945-1970
1st Edition
By Olav Riste
October 31, 1999
This is a history of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) during the Cold War, based on its secret archives. The author describes a service that grew from a handful of specialists in 1946 to a multi-faceted organization with a personnel of about 1000 by the end of the 1960s....
Allied and Axis Signals Intelligence in World War II
1st Edition
Edited
By David Alvarez
September 29, 1999
The importance of codebreaking and signals intelligence in the diplomacy and military operations of World War II is reflected in this study of the cryptanalysts, not only of the US and Britain, but all the Allies. The codebreaking war was a global conflict in which many countries were active. The ...