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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783942003321

Titolo

Understanding intelligence in the twenty-first century : journeys in shadows / / edited by L.V. Scott and P.J. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-76973-7

0-691-03440-0

0-429-23394-9

0-203-60827-5

1-135-76974-5

1-280-05638-X

0-203-50442-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Studies in intelligence

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottL. V <1957-> (Leonard Victor)

JacksonP. J <1964-> (Peter J.)

Disciplina

327.12

Soggetti

Intelligence service

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Journeys in Shadows; Intelligence, International Relations and 'Under-theorisation'; German Intelligence History: A field in search of scholars; Netcentric Warfare, C4ISR and Information Operations: Towards a revolution in military intelligence?; Some Concepts that may be Useful in Understanding the Myriad Forms and Contexts of Surveillance; 'Who Profited from the Crime?' Intelligence Failure, Conspiracy Theories and the Case of September 11

Bletchley Park and the HolocaustFiction, Faction and Intelligence; The Geopolitics of James Bond; Hunters not Gatherers: Intelligence in the twenty-first century; Secret Intelligence, Covert Action and Clandestine Diplomacy; Ethics and Intelligence after September 2001; 'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 its methodological predisposition towards archive-based research. Advances in archival disclosure, accelerated by the end of the Cold War, as well as by the changing attitudes of official secrecy and the work of the intelligence services, have further facilitated research, understanding and debat