georgetown u p (3 resultados)

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xviii + 142pp., notes, appends., index, During the Cold War, the political leadership of the USSR avidly sought intelligence about its main adversary, the US. Although effective on an operational level, Soviet leaders and their intelligence chiefs fell short when it came to analysing intelligence; analysts were often unreceptive to intelligence conflicting with their existing beliefs, & were reluctant to put forward assessments that challenged ideological orthodoxy.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xiii + 370pp., notes, bibliog., index, Histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country during the past six decades. Author, former head of the CIA's clandestine service, illustrates through these stories; the common threads in the spy cases & the evolution of US attitudes toward espionage since the onset of the Cold War. Highlighting the accounts of many who have spied for traditional adversaries such as Russian and Chinese intelligence services, Sulick shows how spy hunters today confront a far broader spectrum of threats not only from hostile states but also sub-state groups.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xvi + 313pp., notes, index, A collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-WW2 British intelligence history. Some of the cases include the Malayan Emergency, Cuban Missile Crisis, Northern Ireland, & the lead up to the Iraq War. Each case, accompanied by authentic documents. Written by former & current intelligence officers, high-ranking government officials, and scholars, the case studies in this book detail intelligence successes and failures.