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.
Policing Politics: Security Intelligence and the Liberal Democratic State
1st Edition
By Peter Gill
February 01, 1994
Numerous allegations of abuse of power have been made against the domestic security intelligence agencies in the United Kingdom such as police special branches and MI5. These include the improper surveillance of trade unionists and peace activists, campaigns of mis-information against elected ...
Dieppe Revisited: A Documentary Investigation
1st Edition
By John P. Campbell
November 01, 1993
This book reappraises the ill-fated raid named operation Jubilee, focusing on aspects such as naval and air operations in the Channel, signals, radar intelligence, agents and deception. It draws from official archives, both German and Allied. From these voluminous but fragmented records, many of ...
A Don at War
1st Edition
By Sir David, KCMG OBE Hunt
December 31, 1990
When A Don at War was published in 1966 it was hailed as the first book to be written from the point of view of the Intelligence staff officer in the field with critics remarking on Sir David Hunt's authoritative exposition of British as well as German strategies. Eight years later it was revealed ...
Intelligence and Military Operations
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Handel
July 01, 1990
Traditionally the military community held the intelligence profession in low esteem, spying was seen as dirty work and information was all to often ignored if it conflicted with a commander's own view. Handel examines the ways in which this situation has improved and argues that co-operation ...
War, Strategy and Intelligence
1st Edition
By Michael I. Handel
May 01, 1989
Investigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of technology on warfare, the political nature of war and the limits of rational analysis in studying war....
Leaders and Intelligence
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael I. Handel
February 01, 1989
From a systematic point of view, all intelligence work can be studied on three levels: Acquisition, analysis, and acceptance. The author focuses on the third of these levels, studying the attitudes and behavioural patterns developed by leaders during their political careers, their willingness to ...
Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World War
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael I. Handel
September 01, 1987
First Published in 1987. New information obtained from the declassification of Ultra intercepts and other Second World War documents as well as from recent scholarly research has credited Allied deception operations with an even more important contribution to winning the war than was previously ...