Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy re…
Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy re…
Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy re…
This book explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret Service Bureau to Cameron's National Security Council. At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunde…
"At the beginning of the 20th Century the British intelligence system was underfunded and lacked influence in government. But as the new millennium dawned, intelligence had become so integral to policy that it was used to make the case for war. Now, covert action is incorporated…
This book reveals the declassified papers of the JIC, shining a light on the workings of Whitehalls secret world and the vital, previously unknown, role played by intelligence in pivotal events across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
20 case studies explore key moments in the Joint Intelligence Committee's history, from WWII to the War in Iraq, and from the Falklands War to the IRA. Each case study includes an introduction, a full reproduction of an original JIC document that influenced government policy and…