Learning from the Secret Past
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Description for Learning from the Secret Past
Paperback. A collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history that include: the Malayan Emergency, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Northern Ireland, and the lead up to the Iraq War. Editor(s): Dover, Robert; Goodman, Michael S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPSH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 today's intelligence officers and policymakers - in Britain and ... Read more
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 today's intelligence officers and policymakers - in Britain and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589017702
SKU
V9781589017702
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About Unknown
Robert Dover is a senior lecturer in international relations at Loughborough University (UK) and the author of The Europeanization of British Defence Policy, 1997-2005. Michael S. Goodman is a senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, official historian of the Joint Intelligence Committee (UK), and author of Spying on the Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence ... Read more
Reviews for Learning from the Secret Past
The range of documents throughout the volume is impressive, including a parliamentary debate, Joint Intelligence Committee reports, a transcription of a secret meeting between agents and a military directive. By integrating these fascinating sources with perceptive historical analysis, this book makes a strong case for the desirability of studying the past. International Affairs This is a book that any serious ... Read more