Secret intelligence in the European states system, 1918-1989 / / edited by Jonathan Haslam and Karina Urbach

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.124009/04
• Soggetto topico: Intelligence service - Europe - History - 20th century; Secret service - Europe - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Foreign relations 1918-1945; Europe Foreign relations 1945-
• Altri autori: HaslamJonathan UrbachKarina
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 “Humint” by Default and the Problem of Trust -- 2 Barbarossa and the Bomb -- 3 Seeking a Scapegoat -- 4 French Intelligence About the East, 1945–1968 -- 5 British Intelligence During the Cold War -- 6 The Stasi Confronts Western Strategies for Transformation, 1966–1975 -- 7 The West German Secret Services During the Cold War -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together a collection of essays that analyse the recent evidence concerning the history of the European states system of the last century. The essays offer an array of insight across countries and across time. Together they highlight the critical importance of the prevailing domestic circumstances - technological, governmental, ideological, cultural, financial - in which intelligence operates.
• Titolo autorizzato: Secret intelligence in the European states system, 1918-1989
• ISBN: 0-8047-8891-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789448403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II