Gerald R. Hughes / Peter Jackson / Len Scott

Exploring Intelligence Archives

Enquiries into the Secret State
Herausgeber: Hughes, R Gerald; Scott, Len; Jackson, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of documents, this book aims to explore the different ways in which intelligence can be studied by bringing together both scholarly and practical expertise to examine a range of primary material relevant to the history of intelligence since the early twentieth century.

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Scholars seeking to understand the role of secret intelligence in political affairs have sought to make use of relevant but constrained archives. This book presents documents in the public domain that illustrate issues in the realm of intelligence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780415349987
• ISBN-10: 0415349982
• Artikelnr.: 22572301

Autorenporträt

Peter Jackson, R. Gerald Hughes, Len Scott

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Enquiries into the 'Secret State' 1. 'Knowledge is never too
dear': Exploring Intelligence Archives R. Gerald Hughes and Len Scott 2.
British SIGINT Decrypts on London Naval Conference, 1930. Overview: British
Signals Intelligence and the London Naval Conference, 1930 Andrew Webster.
Document one: 'Naval Conference: Japanese Admiralty Views on American
Proposals.' Document two: 'Naval Conference: Japanese Summary of the
Situation and Request for Instructions.' Commentary: Communications
Intelligence and Conference Diplomacy: London, 1930 John Ferris.
Commentary: The Japanese Navy and the London Naval Conference Peter Mauch.
Conclusions Andrew Webster 3. French Military Intelligence Responds to the
German Remilitarisation of the Rhineland, 1936. Overview: A look at French
Intelligence Machinery in 1936 Peter Jackson. Document three: 'Note
Concerning the Consequences that Follow, from a Military Point of View,
from Germany's Renunciation of the Locarno Treaty.' Commentary: The
Military Consequences for France of the End of Locarno Martin Alexander 4.
The Creation of XX Committee, 1940. Overview: Deception and Double Cross
Len Scott. Document 4: 'Memorandum on the "Double Agent" System.'
Commentary: Deception and 'Double Cross' in the Second World War John
Ferris 5. The Creation of a Vietnamese Intelligence Service, 1946-50.
Overview: The Early Development of Vietnamese Intelligence Services
(1945-50) Christopher Goscha. Documents five, six and seven: Three
Documents on Early Vietnamese Intelligence and Security Services.
Commentary: Establishing a North Vietnamese Intelligence Service David
Marr. Commentary: The Development of Vietnamese Intelligence Merle
Pribbenow 6. The Interrogation of Klaus Fuchs, 1950. Overview: Sir Michael
Perrin's Interviews with Dr Klaus Fuchs Michael Goodman. Document eight
(pt. 1): 'Record of Interview with Dr. K. Fuchs on 30th January 1950.'
Document nine (pt. 2): 'Record of Interview with Dr. K. Fuchs on 22nd March
1950.' Commentary: An Analysis of Sir Michael Perrin's Interviews with
Klaus Fuchs: Comparative Soviet Perspectives David Holloway 7. The CIA and
Oleg Penkovsky, 1961-2. Overview: The Espionage of Oleg Penkovsky Charles
Cogan. Documents ten to sixteen (excerpts): CIA Files on Penkovsky.
Commentary: Penkovsky: A Western Success Story? Len Scott 8. American and
British Intelligence on South Vietnam, 1963. Overview: The US and Vietnam
in 1963 Andrew Priest. Document seventeen: 'The Situation in South Vietnam'
(US). Document eighteen: 'The Situation in South Vietnam' (UK). Commentary:
'In the Final Analysis, it is their War': The United States and South
Vietnam in 1963 R. Gerald Hughes 9. British Intelligence on the
Arab-Israeli Military Balance, 1965. Overview: Between Suez and the Six Day
War: Western Intelligence Assessments and the Arab-Israel Conflict,
1957-1967 James Vaughan. Document nineteen: 'The Military Balance between
Israel and the Arab World up to the End of 1966.' Commentary: Assessing the
Assessors: JIC Assessment and the Test of Time Yigal Sheffy 10. A KGB View
of CIA Activity against the Soviet Bloc, 1983. Overview: Western Spying on
the Soviet Union's Military-Industrial Complex during the Second Cold War
Paul Maddrell. Document twenty: 'Multilateral Conference of the Organs
Responsible for the Security of the Economy [illegible word or number].'
Commentary: Inside the Soviet Bloc in 1983 Matthias Uhl 11. A Conversation
with Former DCI William E. Colby: Spymaster during the 'Year of the
Intelligence Wars' Loch K. Johnson. Commentary: Loch Johnson's Oral History
Interview with William Colby, and Johnson's Introduction to that Interview
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 12. The Butler Report. Overview: The Butler Report as
an Historical Document Peter Jackson. Document twenty-one: Butler Report
(excerpt) 'Conclusions on Iraq.' Commentary: The Butler Report Robert
Jervis. Commentary: The Butler Report: A US Perspective Loch K. Johnson