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Spying on the World
Richard J. Aldrich
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Description for Spying on the World
Paperback. For more than 50 years, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been central to the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as a broker between the realms of the spy and the policy-maker. This title presents a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain's policy response to key 20th century events. Editor(s): Goodman, Michael S.; Aldrich, Richard J.; Cormac, Rory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
This is a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain's policy response to key 20th century events. For more than 50 years, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been central to the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as a broker between the realms of the spy and the policy-maker. From WWII to the War in Iraq, and from the Falklands to the IRA, it has been involved in almost every key foreign policy decision. These 18 case studies look at key moments in the JIC's history. Each case study includes a contextualising introduction, a full reproduction of an ... Read more
This is a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain's policy response to key 20th century events. For more than 50 years, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been central to the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as a broker between the realms of the spy and the policy-maker. From WWII to the War in Iraq, and from the Falklands to the IRA, it has been involved in almost every key foreign policy decision. These 18 case studies look at key moments in the JIC's history. Each case study includes a contextualising introduction, a full reproduction of an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
819g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748678570
SKU
V9780748678570
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About Richard J. Aldrich
Michael S. Goodman is Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. Richard J. Aldrich is Director of the Institute of Advanced Study and Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick. Rory Cormac is a Post-doctoral Research Assistant in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
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