Espionage and secret services

This WWII espionage history reveals how a British counterintelligence program turned Nazi spies into valuable double agents.

This WWII espionage history reveals how a British counterintelligence program turned Nazi spies into valuable double agents.

The go-to intelligence expert and author of MI6 has "e;provided the clearest review of GCHQ and its predecessors in a publicly available book"e; (Firetrench).

The go-to intelligence expert and author of MI6 has "e;provided the clearest review of GCHQ and its predecessors in a publicly available book"e; (Firetrench).

A look at the events surrounding the 2006 poisoning of a former Russian security officer in Great Britain.

When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English?

Intelligence agencies are reflections of the societies they serve.

After the Second World War, the Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals to the ends of the earth.

La memoria invisible de las mujeres represaliadas es una deuda de la ciudad de Barcelona con el reconocimiento de su historia.

La memoria invisible de las mujeres represaliadas es una deuda de la ciudad de Barcelona con el reconocimiento de su historia.

On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on 12 May 1969, security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela and detained her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged eight and ten.

Der Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Rid ist sich sicher: Ein Cyberkrieg findet nicht statt.

Der Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Rid ist sich sicher: Ein Cyberkrieg findet nicht statt.

In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire.

In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

As John le Carre's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

As John le Carre's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire.

Today more than ever, the line between national security and cyber security is becoming increasingly erased.

Jihadist ideology inspires a diverse and decentralized collection of radical groups to fight alleged enemies of Islam and to attempt to restore a holy caliphate to unite Muslim peoples across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

A Classic in CounterintelligenceNow Back in PrintOriginally published in 1987, Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad is a unique primer that teaches the principles, strategy, and tradecraft of counterintelligence (CI).

Decision makers matching wits with an adversary want intelligencegood, relevant information to help them win.

How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies?

An in-depth analysis of why COVID-19 warnings failed and how to avert the next disasterEpidemiologists and national security agencies warned for years about the potential for a deadly pandemic, but in the end global surveillance and warning systems were not enough to avert the COVID-19 disaster.

John A.

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.

The most comprehensive history of Canadian military intelligence and its influence on key military operationsCanadian intelligence has become increasingly central to the operations of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

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

Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state.

A fresh perspective on statecraft in the cyber domainThe idea of cyber war has played a dominant role in both academic and popular discourse concerning the nature of statecraft in the cyber domain.

During the Cold War, the political leadership of the Soviet Union avidly sought intelligence about its main adversary, the United States.

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view.

This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?

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

Can you keep a secret?

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

An eye-opening account of the perils of Americas techno-spy empireEver since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried to control spies minds by chemical means.

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.

Dickie Metcalfe was not your typical secret agent, but he was larger than life in more ways than one.

Dickie Metcalfe was not your typical secret agent, but he was larger than life in more ways than one.

Revered by millions, the Papacy is an international power that many nations have viewed with suspicion, some have tried to control, and not a few have spied upon.

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

"e;Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military .

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

In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration.

In 1787, British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham conceived of the panopticon, a ring of cells observed by a central watchtower, as a labor-saving device for those in authority.