Espionage and secret services

A Brookings Institution Press and the Computer Ethics Institute publicationCan we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties?

During the Second World War, the FDR administration placed the FBI in charge of political surveillance in Latin America.

Faced with relentless technological aggression that imperils democracy, how can Western nations fight back?

Jan Karskis Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust.

Over the last decade, the internet and cyber space has had a phenomenal impact on all parts of society, from media and politics to defense and war.

With the rise of religiously motivated violence and terrorism, governments around the world need to develop their religious and ideological capabilities in parallel with strengthening their law enforcement, military and intelligence capabilities.

In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard.

Strategic Intelligence for the 21st Century: The Mosaic Method provides an industry insider's assessment of current intelligence methods and offers a new strategic model, directed toward the police, military, and intelligence agencies.

Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot explores the parallel lives of World War II legend Tokyo Rose and a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri.

A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022A Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022A Waterstones Best Book of 2022: BiographyThe astonishing new portrait of the master of spy fiction, by the woman he kept secret for almost half his lifeJohn le Carre led a life entirely constructed of secrets.

A classic about real-life WWII espionage,as conducted by its modern master*A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help winWorld War II.

Although China's intelligence activities may not have been well documented, they can be traced back to the ancient writings of Sun Tzu, and espionage has been a characteristic of Chinese domestic politics and international relations ever since.

This is the first work to examine the phenomena of citizen espionage from the point of view of trust betrayal.

In the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies.

Putins Krieg in der Ukraine hält die Welt in Atem.

The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt.

Als 1950 das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz gegründet wurde, erwarteten sowohl die Alliierten als auch die Öffentlichkeit vor allem eines von der neuen Behörde: dass sie ganz anders sein würde als die Gestapo, die ihren Schatten auf die junge Demokratie und ihre Wächter warf.

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Constructing Cassandra analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks-surprises still play out today in U.

For Israel-more so than for any other state-an effective Intelligence Community has been a matter of life and death.

This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process.

A critical look at how the world is responding to China's rise, and what this means for America and the world.

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, the United States government unleashed covert operations intended to weaken the Soviet Union.

Approaching early modern spies, espionage and secret diplomacy as central elements in (wartime) communication networks, the thirteen contributions to this volume examine different kinds of espionage (economic espionage, political espionage etc.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025: 'A masterfully written biography.

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Welcome to the world of espionage.

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA.

'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time .

For the period between World War II and the full onset of the Cold War, histories of American intelligence seem to go dark.

This ambitious and important book is a richly detailed account of the ideas and activities in the early-modern 'secret state' and its agencies, spies, informers and intelligencers, under the English Republic and the Cromwellian protectorate.

The Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995-1996, led by former U.

"Die sogenannte BVT-Affäre, vor allem die Hausdurchsuchung in dieser Behörde unter der türkis-blauen Regierung 2018, war nicht ohne Konsequenzen geblieben.

A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence.

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider’s guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world.

Following her extraordinary, bestselling, and much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War, here is a rollicking true story of spies, politicians, journalists, and intrigue in the highest circles of Washington during the tumultuous days of World War II.

How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect our national security and trade secretsThe United States is losing the counterintelligence war.

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders.

The Grim story of the most vicious Terror Agency of all time-Its sinister Power and Barbaric acts, and the twisted men who led it-Hitler, Himmler, and Eichmann.

In India, the system of espionage is as old as the Rigveda.

As Katherine Verdery observes, "e;There's nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are.

When A Don at War was published in 1966 it was hailed as the first book to be written from the point of view of the Intelligence staff officer in the field with critics remarking on Sir David Hunt's authoritative exposition of British as well as German strategies.

The use of secret police, security agencies and informers to spy on, disrupt and undermine opposition to the dominant political and economic order has a long history.

Operation MH/CHAOS was the code name for a domestic espionage project conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in the late1960s and early 1970s.