Intelligence & Espionage

This volume examines the ethical issues that arise as a result of national security intelligence collection and analysis.Powerful new technologies enable the collection, communication and analysis of national security data on an unprecedented scale. Data...

Brings to light the long history of spies posing as journalists in Washington. Covert intelligence gathering, propaganda, fake news stories, dirty tricks--these tools of spy craft have been used for seven decades by agents hiding in plain sight in...

Stuxnet to Sunburst takes the reader on a journey from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 onwards and the massive insatiable appetite, focus, and investment by the Five Eyes agencies, in particular the US, to build capability of digital eavesdropping and...

This book explores the challenges leaders in intelligence communities face in an increasingly complex security environment and how to develop future leaders to deal with these issues.As the security and policy-making environment becomes increasingly...

While there are books that cover national security, intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and various intelligence services, U.S. National Security and the Intelligence Services is the first, all-inclusive book to examine intelligence agencies...

While there are books that cover national security, intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and various intelligence services, U.S. National Security and the Intelligence Services is the first, all-inclusive book to examine intelligence agencies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312319335Author Ronald KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482069211Author Joint Military Intelligence CollegeFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

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Intelligence agencies provide critical information to national security and foreign policy decision makers, but spying also poses inherent dilemmas for liberty, privacy, human rights, and diplomacy. Principled Spying explores how to strike a balance...

In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. But should we believe the prophets of cyber war or worry about online government surveillance? Are such...

Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow's armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452295476Author Robert WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 139mm * 34mm

Jeffrey T. Richelson reveals the history of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, from the events leading to its creation in 1974 to today. Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's personnel, operations, and detection and disablement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312603526Author Gordon ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

This is an unusual book, telling a story which has hitherto remained hidden from history: the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of anti-Nazi refugees who came to Britain fleeing political persecution in Germany and Austria. Based on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250858672Author Laurent RichardFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635578492Author Nicole PerlrothFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250787408Author Thomas RidFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250062581Author Glenn GreenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Both the Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have served as the nation's eyes, ears, and daggers, often in close cooperation but occasionally at cross-purposes throughout their histories. In this book, Thomas H...

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This Research...

Thayer Soule couldn't believe his orders. As a junior officer with no military training or indoctrination and less than ten weeks of active duty behind him, he had been assigned to be photographic officer for the First Marine Division. The Corps had...

Ten years after 9/11, the least reformed part of America's intelligence system is not the CIA or FBI but the US Congress. In Eyes on Spies, Amy Zegart examines the weaknesses of U.S. intelligence oversight and why those deficiencies have persisted,...

As most long-standing news outlets have shuttered their foreign bureaus and print operations, the role of GNNs as information collectors and policy influencers has changed in tandem. Western GNNs are honored for being untethered to government entities...

Examining the prevalent issue of domestic violence, this book breaks down the reasons behind the ineffectiveness of existing human rights instruments and the gaps in current legal systems failing those in need. Through a variety of key case studies, it...

For nearly a century, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been famous for tracking and apprehending gangsters, kidnappers, spies, and, much more recently, international terrorists. The agency itself has done much to promote its successes, helping to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574782172Author Ward ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Black Classic PressPublisher Black Classic PressWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

This book examines intelligence analysis in the digital age and demonstrates how intelligence has entered a new era. While intelligence is an ancient activity, the digital age is a relatively new phenomenon. This volume uses the concept of the 'digital...

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. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been brought...

Canada is a key member of the world's most important international intelligence-sharing partnership, the Five Eyes, along with the US, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Until now, few scholars have looked beyond the US to study how effectively...

Secrecy is a staple of world politics and a pervasive feature of political life. Leaders keep secrets as they conduct sensitive diplomatic missions, convince reluctant publics to throw their support behind costly wars, and collect sensitive intelligence...

The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it...

A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence. Although geospatial intelligence is a term of recent origin, its underpinnings have a long and interesting history. Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolution...

This book examines how key developments in international relations in recent years have affected intelligence agencies and their oversight.Since the turn of the millennium, intelligence agencies have been operating in a tense and rapidly changing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789657023075Author Ephraim LapidFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 494g

Born in Margilan, Central Asia on the eve of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Ruzi Nazar had one of the most exciting lives of the twentieth century. Charming, intellectually brilliant and passionately committed to the liberation of Central Asia from...

This book discusses the application of hypothesis testing to the practice of intelligence analysis. By drawing on longstanding procedures of scientific method, particularly hypothesis testing, this book strongly critiques standard intelligence analytic...

This book investigates everyday practices of intelligence cooperation in anti-terrorism matters, with a specific focus on the relationship between Europe and Britain.The volume examines the effective involvement of British anti-terrorism efforts in...

With the recent declassification of secret documents new light has been shed on old mysteries. For example, we now know that what might be termed the "JFK assassination conspiracy industry" was deliberately fueled and manipulated by the KGB so as to...