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Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US (eBook, PDF)

Historiography since 1945

Redaktion: Moran, Christopher R.; Murphy, Christopher J.

Beschreibung

From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposes and spy novels, the intelligence services' secrecy has never stopped people from writing about espionage. Now, this is the first introduction to these official and unofficial histories. Each chapter showcases new archival material, looking at a particular book or series of books and considering issues of production, censorship, representation and reception. Contributors include: Richard Aldrich, intelligence historian; Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA Staff Historian; Matthew Jones, novelist; Jo Wippl, Former CIA operations officer; Keith Jeffery, author of the first official history of MI6 and Chapman Pincher, journalist.

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Autor

Dr. Christopher R. Moran is an Assistant Professor of US National Security in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is also a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Previously, he was a research assistant on the AHRC-funded project, 'Landscapes of Secrecy: The CIA and the Contested Record of US Foreign Policy'. He is the author of Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain (2012). Dr. Christopher J. Murphy is a Lecturer in Intelligence Studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at the University of Salford, and Programme Leader for the MA in Intelligence and Security Studies. He is the author of Security and Special Operations: SOE and MI5 during the Second World War (2006).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748677566
• Artikelnr.: 38399950