Espionage and secret services Books

Book SynopsisShowcases Michael Herman's critical reflections from his thirty-five years of intelligence experience to examine the past and present of British intelligence.

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Book SynopsisModeled after his successful Cases in International Relations, now in its seventh edition, revered author and scholar, Don Snow, presents an engaging and novel approach to national security. A series of brief case studies representing current and controversial policy problems facilitates deliberation and debate about competing policy ideas, and encourages undergraduate students to think critically about issues of national security. Cases include new strategies for containing the terrorist threat, implications of President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Agreement, and the increasingly adversarial relations with Russia, focusing on Russian expansionism in its geographical domain and interference in the 2016 American presidential election as national security problems for America.Trade Review“A one-stop-shop for thoughtful discussions on contemporary security topics that will help introductory and intermediate-level students understand and engage in the challenges of our times.” -- Tom Moriarty, American University“The best textbook designed specifically to provide students with an informed foundation for developing reasoned judgments about national security issues and debates.” -- Jordan Tama, American University“A useful collection of contemporary case studies to enrich student learning on national security issues.” -- Matthew Zierler, Michigan State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Starting at the Beginning: Basic Dynamics and Concerns Part I Strategic Dynamics Chapter 2 Asymmetrical Warfare: The New American Way of War? Chapter 3 The Evolving Face of Terror: The Dilemmas of Terrorism Strategy Chapter 4 Nuclear Deterrence Redux: The New Shadow of the Mushroom-Shaped Cloud Chapter 5 Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation: The NPT and BMD Approaches Chapter 6 Two Scorpions in a Bottle: Dealing with the DPRK Chapter 7 The Great Satans: The U.S., Iran, and Nuclear Weapons Part II Geographic Spotlights Chapter 8 The Continuing Middle East Riddle: Jerusalem and the Palestinian State Chapter 9 America’s Longest War: The Afghanistan Trap Chapter 10 Syria: The Perfect Maelstrom Chapter 11 Russia: Dealing with a Long-Time Rival Chapter 12 China: Dealing with the Frenemy with a New Face Chapter 13 Africa: The New Battleground? Part III Political Context Chapter 14 How Much of What Is Enough? Kinds and Levels of U.S. Force Chapter 15 Military Personnel: Where Do the Soldiers Come From? Chapter 16 Cyber Security: The Newest Frontier Chapter 17 Force Multiplication: Drone Warfare or Drone Terror Conclusion Chapter 18 Quo Vadis: Facing the National Security Future

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of The New Era in U.S. National Security relied upon both primary and secondary sources on national security, as well as the author’s first-hand knowledge. In addition to academic sources, chief executive officers of fortune 500 firms, experts on national security within and outside government, investment bankers, and experts in cybersecurity, transnational crime, supply chain logistics, and public policy were interviewed and quoted in the text. These same sources and their reassessments are available for the second edition. The topics covered in the book are emerging issues. Currently, the most reliable body of literature is the property of private entities and classified government documents, which are largely not available to students. By contrast, most course texts are readers that offer a selection of views on diverse but relevant topics, but most have a mere few chapters on new security challenges. Without an informative core text and reference guide, students have to rely upon these compendia, popular news articles, and electronic media for study and research. The second edition of The New Era offers students and instructors a whole cloth, insightful perspective on the dynamic, changing patterns and orientations unleashed by the processes of globalization, technology, and the emerging “Second Cold War” era.Table of ContentsPreface 1. The National Security Establishment The United State and the World Stage A Brief History of the Structure The New Reorganization Budgeting, and Planning in Support of Policy Striking a Balance between Domestic and Foreign Affairs Conclusion 2. Policies and Process and the New Geopolitics Evolution of Strategy An Era of New Weaponry and Geopolitics The Role of the Private Sector The Status and Future of DHS Conclusion 3. Irregular Warfare and Information Age Weapons Asymmetric Warfare A World of Weapons The Phenomenon of Social Media The Weaponization of Social Media Audience Mapping, Targeted Messaging, and “Kompromat” The Weaponization of Information Conclusion 4. Conflict and Economics Technology, the Information Age, and the Costs of War Global Economics and Migration The Rise of Kleptocracy Non-Asymmetric Warfare Conclusion 5. A Vast and Contested Domain Information Technology vs Operational Technology National Critical Infrastructure The Election Infrastructure Big Data Machine learning Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Weapons Systems Conclusion 6. Cyberspace and Conflict What is Cyberspace? The Inception The Militarization The Malware Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) The Onion Router (TOR) The Deep and Dark Web Conclusion 7. China The Belt and Road Initiative A Cyber Cold War “Kill with a Borrowed Sword” The Great Firewall and the Great Cannon A Sprawling National Security Environment Conclusion 8. Russia Cold War 2.0 The Merger of Politics and Criminality Active Measures and Cyberwarriors Ukraine, 2014 United States, 2016 Tactical Nuclear Weapons Conclusion 9. The Maritime Supply Chain Vast, Diverse, and Anarchic Containerization Targeting, Screening, Scanning, and Inspecting Trusted Shippers and Layered Defenses Calculating the Dangers and the Risk An Opaque and Expanding Environment Choke Points Conclusion 10. Politics, Crime, and Terror Crime and Terrorism: Differences and Similarities Crime and Terrorism: The Nexus West Toward Chechnya and Russia The Tri-Border Area (TBA) Chinese Triads Conclusion 11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Threats Chemical Warfare Resurgence in Chemical Weapons Chemical Agents Threats and Countermeasures Non-Terrorist Threats Biological Threats Biological Agents Synthetic Biology Biosecurity Policy Radiological and Nuclear Threats What is radioactivity? So, You Want to Build a Bomb? The Dirty Bomb Alternative Controlling proliferation Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe book gives a practical introduction to the concepts, structure, politics, law, hazards, threats, and practices of homeland security everywhere, focusing on US homeland security, Canadian public safety, and European domestic security. It is a conceptual and practical textbook, not a theoretical work.Table of ContentsDetailed Contents List of Figures, Tables, and Photos Preface & Acknowledgements About the Authors Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Homeland Security Chapter 2: Structuring Homeland Security Chapter 3: Laws of Homeland Security Chapter 4: Transnational Crime Chapter 5: Terrorism Chapter 6: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radioactive, Explosive, and Energy (CBNREE) Hazards Chapter 7: Natural Risks Chapter 8: Intelligence Chapter 9: Emergency Management Chapter 10: Physical Site and Infrastructure Security Chapter 11: Information, Communications, and Cyber Security Chapter 12: Immigration and Border Security Chapter 13: Transport Security Glossary Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB watched Karel Koecher closely-they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. And they were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and arrived in the US as a Communist sleeper agent. After parlaying a doctorate from Columbia into a job at the CIA, Koecher proceeded to operate as a double agent at the height of the Cold War.Shunning a low profile, the Koechers embraced Manhattan's high life-with cocaine, swinging, and parties emblematic of the times and their penchant for risk. Hana, who was no more than a shy teenager when she arrived, grew into a sophisticated international diamond dealer who relayed messages to Karel's handlers. Riding a wave of euphoria, the Koechers felt unstoppable. But it was too good to last.Using newly declassified documents, interrogation tapes, and extraordinary firsthand accounts from the Koechers themselves, Cunningham reconstructs their double lives and the fading Cold War, where a strange moral fog made it hard to know what truth was being fought for, and to what end.

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Book SynopsisAs World War II raged in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel was guided by an uncanny sense of his enemies' plans and weaknesses. In the summer of 1942, he led his Axis army swiftly and terrifyingly toward Alexandria, with the goal of overrunning the entire Middle East. Each step was informed by detailed updates on British positions. The Nazis, somehow, had a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet the Axis powers were not the only ones with intelligence. Brilliant Allied cryptographers worked relentlessly at Bletchley Park, breaking down the extraordinarily complex Nazi code Enigma. From decoded German messages, they discovered that the enemy had a wealth of inside information. On the brink of disaster, a fevered and high-stakes search for the source began. War of Shadows is the cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II, set against intrigues that spanned the Middle East. Years in the making, this book is a feat of historical research and storytelling, and a rethinking of the popular narrative of the war. It portrays the conflict not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but a spiraling series of failures, accidents, and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of the Middle East and quite possibly the outcome of the war.

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Book SynopsisAustralia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the Germans, the Japanese - and from Britain itself.As an experienced intelligence officer, John Fahey knows how the security services disguise their activities within government files. He has combed the archives to compile the first account of Australia's intelligence operations in the years from Federation to World War II. He tells the stories of dedicated patriots who undertook dangerous operations to protect their new nation, despite a lack of training and support. He shows how the early adoption of advanced radio technology by Australia contributed to the war effort in Europe. He also exposes the bureaucratic mismanagement in World War II that cost many lives, and the leaks that compromised Australia's standing with its wartime allies so badly that Australia was nearly expelled from the Anglo-Saxon intelligence network.Australia's First Spies shows Australia always has been a far savvier operator in international affairs than much of the historical record suggests, and it offers a glimpse into the secret history of the nation.Trade ReviewFills a major gap in the history of Australian intelligence organisations. -- Professor David Horner, author of THE SPY CATCHERS: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF ASIO 1949-1963Great intelligence is often shared by great story telling, and John Fahey shares a great story in Australia's First Spies. -- Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (Retired), Former Director for Intelligence of the U.S. Pacific Command and Joint Chiefs of StaffTable of ContentsPreface, Introduction1 Wilson Le Couteur's Pacific Mission, 1901 2 Atlee Hunt: Public Servant, Spy Master, 1901-23 3 Enlightened Princes and Wise Generals: Military Intelligence in Early Australia 4 A Prescient Letter: Suspecting Japanese Spies 5 Join the Navy and Spy on the World 6 Australian Success, 1914 7 The Wanetta Organisation, 1901-20 8 National Intelligence, 1901-20 9 The First Coastwatcher 10 Australian Signals Intelligence, 1914-29 11 Hand to Mouth: Australian Signals Intelligence in the 1930s 12 Harry Freame's Japanese Mission, 1941 13 The Coastwatchers Go to War, 1939-42 14 The Lions in the Den: Japanese Counterintelligence 15 Herding Cats: The Allied Intelligence Bureau 16 Australia's First National Signals Intelligence Effort 17 Battle in Asia and the Pacific, 1941-42 18 Establishing Central Bureau, 1942 19 Stepping on Toes: Australia's Attack on Japan's Diplomatic Codes 20 Allied Secret Intelligence Compromised, 1944 21 Saving Australian SIGINT, 1945-47 22 Coastwatching behind Enemy Lines 23 The Solomons and Pacific Area, 1943 24 Human Intelligence in the Attack, 1943-45 25 The Kempeitai's Game, 1942-45Notes, bibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn 1920s Shanghai, Zhou Enlai founded the first Chinese communist spy network, operating in the shadows against nationalists, Western powers and the Japanese. The story of Chinese spies has been a global one from the start. Unearthing previously unseen papers and interviewing countless insiders, Roger Faligot's astonishing account reveals nothing less than a century of world events shaped by Chinese spies. Working as scientists, journalists, diplomats, foreign students and businessmen, they’ve been everywhere, from Stalin’s purges to 9/11. This murky world has swept up Ho Chi Minh, the Clintons and everyone in between, with the action moving from Cambodia to Cambridge, and from the Australian outback to the centres of Western power. This fascinating narrative exposes the sprawling tentacles of the world’s largest intelligence service, from the very birth of communist China to Xi Jinping’s absolute rule today.Trade Review'This is an intense book. [Chinese Spies] is the result of huge research but also demonstrates the author’s immense knowledge of the politics, attitudes and identities of the political elite of the People’s Republic of China.' -- Asian Affairs Journal

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Book SynopsisIn 1935–37 America passed several Neutrality Acts, vowing never again to take sides in a European conflict. In 1938 public attitudes changed, with the American people beginning to favour Britain and turn against Germany – but what caused this shift of opinion?One reason was a tip-off received by the FBI on the eve of the Second World War, which led to the exposure of a Nazi spy ring operating right there in America. The FBI was able to bring the group to justice and launch a campaign to warn the American people about the Nazi threat to their shores and society.In Ring of Spies, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones reveals how this case helped to awaken America to the Nazi menace, and how it skewed American opinion, thus spelling the end of US neutrality. Using evidence from FBI files he uncovers a story straight out of a detective novel featuring honey traps, fast cars and double agents.

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Book SynopsisIt was inevitable that the Allies would invade France in the summer of 1944: the Nazis just had to figure out where and when. This job fell to the Abwehr and several other German intelligence services. Between them they put over 30,000 personnel to work studying British and American signals traffic, and achieved considerable success in intercepting and decrypting enemy messages. They also sent agents to England – but they weren’t to know that none of them would be successful.Until now, the Nazi intelligence community has been disparaged by historians as incompetent and corrupt, but newly released declassified documents suggest this wasn’t the case – and that they had a highly sophisticated system that concentrated on the threat of an Allied invasion. Written by acclaimed espionage historian Nigel West, Codeword Overlord is a vital reassessment of Axis behaviour in one of the most dramatic episodes of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewHis information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West’s sources are undoubtedly excellent. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.

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Book SynopsisELYESA BAZNA WAS THE HIGHEST-PAID SPY IN HISTORY.Working for the British ambassador in Ankara in 1943, Bazna photographed top-secret documents and sold them to the Nazis. So started his career as a ‘walk-in’, a freelance spy whose loyalties lay with the highest bidder. His codename was Cicero.But a beautiful woman was to end it all. Cicero was compromised by an American-controlled agent working at the German Embassy, who obtained his codename and discovered that he was working at the British Embassy. He fled and narrowly avoided being captured by the tipped-off British. Finally free, he realised his money was worthless – most of it was counterfeit, produced by the Nazi scheme Operation Bernhard.In Agent Cicero: Hitler’s Most Successful Spy, Mark Simmons weaves together personal accounts by the leading characters and information from top-secret files from MI5, MI6 and the CIA to tell this astonishing story.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the secret history of Europe. Drawing on the latest research by experts in the field, it opens up the hidden world of the Dangerous Trade: the spying and secret operations that made and broke European nations between 1500 and 1800. Espionage, blackmail and bribery were the Trade''s regular tools; assassination, provoking civil war and black propaganda were the ones used for `special'' occasions. But who were the practitioners of these dark arts? How were they recruited? What did they achieve? By exploring the lives of spies and secret agents such as Giacomo Casanova, Nathaniel Hooke, Melchor de Macanaz and many more, the book reveals the unknown story that underlies the making of modern Europe.

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Book SynopsisMoving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, Confronting the Colonies considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government under- standings of, and policy responses to, insurgent threats. Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare. It explores the challenges these emerging threats posed to intelligence assessment and how they were met with varying degrees of success. Such issues remain of vital importance today. By examining the relationship between intelligence and policy, Cormac provides original and revealing in- sights into government thinking in the era of decolonisation, from the origins of nationalist unrest to the projection of dwindling British power. He demonstrates how intelligence (mis-) understood the complex relationship between the Cold War, nationalism, and decolonisation; how it fuelled fierce Whitehall feuding; and how it shaped policymakers' attempts to integrate counterinsurgency into broader strategic policy.Trade Review'An intelligent, authoritative and penetrating analysis of how spycraft impacts upon strategy. Rory Cormac reveals for the first time the secret role of intelligence in the twilight wars of British counter-insurgency. This book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the hidden world of low intensity conflict.' * Professor Richard J. Aldrich, author of GCHQ *'Whilst much of the story of Cold War intelligence has been chronicled by historians, the secret battles that went on in parallel to derive and assess intelligence on Britain's colonial struggles has not been sufficiently explored. Dr Cormac has filled that gap admirably. His thoroughly researched account provides new insights into how British government and its Joint Intelligence Committee handled the painful process of decolonization and disengagement from empire.' * Sir David Omand, former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator and JIC member *'Cormac's book explores the links between the intelligence centre in London and what was going on in the colonies. It is the first to illustrate the role that intelligence played in decision making and does so in a coherent and persuasive fashion, destroying many of the myths about Britain's colonial past and the impact of intelligence. A riveting read that should appeal to a wide audience.' * Michael Goodman, King's College London, author of Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence History *

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the 2003 Iraq War, the term 'intelligence failure' became synonymous with the Blair Government and how it had used intelligence to construct a case for war. This book examines British secret intelligence over the thirty years preceding its very public failings. From the Soviet Union to South Africa and Libya, Mark Wilkinson provides a detailed analysis and vivid account of the development and functioning of Britain's intelligence agencies in the struggle against the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons. Based on archival research and interviews with key players in the intelligence establishment, he shows how a handful of chemical and biological weapons experts battled to make their voices heard. They had evidence that illegal weapons development was taking place but were continually rebuffed by adversaries in Whitehall. Fascinating, surprising and sometimes shocking, Before Intelligence Failed is a compelling account of what was known about chemical and biological weapons proliferation before the Iraq War.Trade Review'This is a remarkable book. It peels back successive layers of secrecy to shine a light onto the hidden world of intelligence and weapons of mass destruction. In doing so it reveals fascinating details about the secret world of espionage and the role intelligence plays in underpinning policy. I highly recommend it.' -- Michael S. Goodman, Pro-Dean for Innovation and Impact, King's College London and author of 'Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee: Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis''Mark Wilkinson is a rigorous researcher who has uncovered the history of spying on chemical and biological weapons, one of the most sensitive targets of British secret intelligence.' -- Richard J. Aldrich, Professor of International Security, University of Warwick and co-author of 'The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers''Drawing on impressive archival research and interviews with intelligence insiders, Mark Wilkinson puts the Iraqi WMD failure into historical perspective. In this highly original book, Wilkinson demonstrates the importance - and frailties - of spying on chemical and biological weapons.' -- Rory Cormac, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham and co-author of 'The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers'

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Book SynopsisBorn 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 Russian rule, his life was a series of adventures and narrow escapes. He was successively a Soviet student, a Red Army officer, an officer in the German Turkestan Legion during World War II, a fugitive living in postwar Germany's underworld, and finally an immigrant to the United States who rose high in the CIA. Here he mixed with the powerful and famous, represented the US as a diplomat in Ankara and Bonn, and became an undercover agent in Iran after the hostage crisis of 1979-81. Nazar's foresight was formidable. He predicted that communism would collapse from within, briefing Reagan on the weakness of the Soviet system before the Reagan-Gorbachev talks. A Muslim who rejected Islamism, his warnings to the US government about the dangers of Islamic radicalism fell on deaf ears.This remarkable biography casts unique light on the lives of people caught up in the turmoil of the Soviet Union, World War II, the Cold War, and the struggle of nationalities deprived of their freedom by communism to regain independence.Trade Review'Ruzi Nazar led a truly remarkable life, and in A Dark Path To Freedom, Enver Altayli, one of Turkey's leading specialists on Central Asia and a friend of Nazar for more than half a century, has turned it into a breathtaking book.' * The Scotsman * 'A Dark Path to Freedom is one of the most amazing spy stories of recent times. It follows a fascinating journey from Stalin's Russia to Nazi Germany and onwards through the clandestine Cold War to the Iranian Revolution of 1979. This is essential reading for anyone interested in secret service in the Middle East and Central Asia.' -- Richard Aldrich, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow in Politics & International Relations, University of Warwick 'It is rare for individuals to have had such a varied life and to have played as important a role against a range of intelligence adversaries as did Ruzi Nazar. This is a thrilling story of one man's struggle against Nazism, Soviet communism, and radical Islam.' -- Michael Goodman, Professor in Intelligence and International Affairs, King's College London Department of War Studies 'What an extraordinary life! If one wrote this survival story as fiction it would be hard to believe. A Dark Path to Freedom is especially useful in its first-hand details of often reviled movements, from the Nazis to Turkey's far-right--though for Nazar himself, the decolonisation of Central Asia was paramount.' -- Hugh Poulton, author of Top-Hat, the Grey Wolf and the Crescent: Turkish Nationalism and the Turkish Republic 'In A Dark Path to Freedom, Enver Altayli captures the sweep of history through the remarkable life of Ruzi Nazar, taking the reader on a lively journey from Central Asia on the eve of World War II, to the horror of that conflict, the intrigue of the ensuing Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union.' -- Benjamin Fortna, Director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona

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Book SynopsisThe astonishing, gripping and long-awaited inside story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary spy.After years of living in semi-isolation, David Rupert speaks for the first time about how a trucker from New York ended up being recruited to the FBI and MI5 at one of the most crucial moments in British political history.Including shock revelations about Rupert's discoveries working within the Real IRA - such as sending plastic explosives and detonators, hidden inside toys, to a primary school in Donegal. Author Sean O'Driscoll tells the incredible story of David, 'The Big Yank', a 6ft7 American tourist who found himself at the centre of a chilling campaign of terror that targeted civilians, the forces and Prime Minister Tony Blair.Countless lives have been saved by David Rupert's decision to risk his neck working for years within one of the most brutal and ruthless terrorist organisations in the world - an organisation whose language of violence left women and children amongst the dead in the Omagh atrocity.An unprecedented bombing campaign was planned to destroy any hopes of a peace agreement. In a trial that rested entirely on the evidence of the 'Big Yank', those plans for ongoing bloodshed and an end to the Good Friday Agreement were brought to a halt.

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Book SynopsisDie Geschichte des MilitÃrischen Abschirmdienstes der Bundeswehr (MAD).

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Book SynopsisCommon and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.Trade Review"Bakich addresses an important puzzle-the sources of mixed strategic success in US experience with limited wars since World War II-by advancing a novel argument concerning the role of 'information institutions.' Success and Failure in Limited War provides a very useful framework that both complements the mountain of historical and decision-making literature on the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, as well as integrates emerging insights from many insiders regarding contemporary decision-making in the two Iraq wars." (Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology)"

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Book SynopsisCommon and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.Trade Review"Bakich addresses an important puzzle-the sources of mixed strategic success in US experience with limited wars since World War II-by advancing a novel argument concerning the role of 'information institutions.' Success and Failure in Limited War provides a very useful framework that both complements the mountain of historical and decision-making literature on the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, as well as integrates emerging insights from many insiders regarding contemporary decision-making in the two Iraq wars." (Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology)"

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Book SynopsisThe only biography of CIA whistleblower Philip Agee, A Drop of Treason is a thorough portrait of this contentious, legendary man and his role in US history during the Cold War and beyond.Trade Review"With A Drop of Treason, Jonathan Stevenson does more than give us a readable, much-needed biography of Philip Agee's wild life, taking us from the lawns of Notre Dame to the streets of Hamburg and the plazas of Havana. By placing Agee's life in the context of the transatlantic left, he illuminates an often-overlooked facet of the Cold War with cloak-and-dagger elan and historical sweep."-- "Clay Risen, author of 'The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders and the Dawn of the American Century'"Table of Contents1 A Geopolitically Charmed Life 2 The Young Spy 3 The Consolidation of Dissidence 4 Indefinite Limbo 5 Agee and the Transatlantic Left 6 Uneasy Normalization 7 Whipsawed, Stalked, Tired 8 Posterity for a Traitor Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Spying with Maps, the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location tracking across a wide range of fields such as military intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic engineering.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHer work will interest scholars in GBLTQ studies as well as popular culture studies. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Citizens, Aliens, and Traitors 2. The Dreyfus Affair 3. Secret Dossiers 4. Truth Breathing Down the Neck of Fiction 5. The Ganelon Type 6. Strictly a Jewish Show 7. Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHer work will interest scholars in GBLTQ studies as well as popular culture studies. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Citizens, Aliens, and Traitors 2. The Dreyfus Affair 3. Secret Dossiers 4. Truth Breathing Down the Neck of Fiction 5. The Ganelon Type 6. Strictly a Jewish Show 7. Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] rich, useful, and important book. -- Thomas Powers New York Times Book Review A thoroughly documented, cogently argued work by an author with vast personal experience of his topic. Kirkus Reviews A vigorous and hard-hitting insider's account, -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Pillar provides a telling and comprehensive new perspective from the inside. -- Steve Coll New York Review of Books This is a well-written effort by a former intelligence offer and academician. Hopefully, members of the national security community and their staffs will read and benefit from it. Choice Pillar's book is extremely detailed and informative, providing a better understanding of just how hard it is to be an intelligence professional in a world where all that matters is being wrong... once. -- James M. Burcalow Military Review Important and highly readable... This is a book that should be widely read by both the public and policymakers. -- Richard Harris The Manhattan MercuryTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction: A Comforting Explanation for Calamity 2. Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Iraq War 3. Alternative Visions of the Iraq War 4. Congress and the Politics of the Iraq War 5. Great Decisions and the Irrelevance of Intelligence 6. Politicization 7. Scapegoats and Spectator Sport 8. The Never-Ending Issue 9. Catharsis and 9/11 10. Responses to Catharsis 11. The Illusion of Reform 12. Real Reform 13. Adapting Policy to Uncertainty Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] rich, useful, and important book. -- Thomas Powers New York Times Book Review A thoroughly documented, cogently argued work by an author with vast personal experience of his topic. Kirkus Reviews A vigorous and hard-hitting insider's account, -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Pillar provides a telling and comprehensive new perspective from the inside. -- Steve Coll New York Review of Books This is a well-written effort by a former intelligence offer and academician. Hopefully, members of the national security community and their staffs will read and benefit from it. Choice Pillar's book is extremely detailed and informative, providing a better understanding of just how hard it is to be an intelligence professional in a world where all that matters is being wrong... once. -- James M. Burcalow Military Review Important and highly readable... This is a book that should be widely read by both the public and policymakers. -- Richard Harris The Manhattan MercuryTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction: A Comforting Explanation for Calamity 2. Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Iraq War 3. Alternative Visions of the Iraq War 4. Congress and the Politics of the Iraq War 5. Great Decisions and the Irrelevance of Intelligence 6. Politicization 7. Scapegoats and Spectator Sport 8. The Never-Ending Issue 9. Catharsis and 9/11 10. Responses to Catharsis 11. The Illusion of Reform 12. Real Reform 13. Adapting Policy to Uncertainty Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBlake W. Mobley has written a groundbreaking study on how terrorist groups collect intelligence. He vividly portrays terrorist group dilemmas and weaknesses, as well as their ability to foil the security services of their adversaries. -- Daniel Byman, Georgetown University, and research director of the Saban Center at The Brookings Institution With the strategic defeat of al Qaeda in sight, Terrorism and Counterintelligence offers a timely analysis of the vulnerabilities of terrorist organizations, which will speed their demise. -- Graham T. Allison, director of Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Counterintelligence remains a stepchild in the study of intelligence, despite the fact that every organization, including NGOs, does it in some form whether or not they use the language. Blake W. Mobley's book is a welcome addition to the literature on this subject, all the more so because it looks at the counterintelligence of terrorist groups. He combines solid scholarship with an insider's sense for how the world actually works. His framework-organizational structure, popular support, and controlled territory-applies well to terrorist groups. Slightly adjusted, it could also apply to other groups as well, including NGOs. -- Gregory F. Treverton, director, RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security and vice chair of the National Intelligence Council A well-researched and compellingly argued book that sheds original light on a perplexing and heretofore often misunderstood subject... Highly recommended. Choice Terrorism and Counterintelligence is an intellectual rollercoaster that shows the ups and downs of the biggest and most prominent terrorist groups the world has dissected so far and leaves the reader with a renewed sense of the power and control these groups have on traditional society. -- Ross W. Clark, Penn State University ParametersTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Provisional Irish Republican Army 3. Fatah and Black September 4. Al Qa'ida 5. The Egyptian Islamic Group 6. Failure in Embryonic Terrorist Groups 7. Terrorism and Counterintelligence Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisShows that contrary to the beliefs of many historians - radical and otherwise - the American Communist Party did often march to Moscow's tune in efforts to sway American foreign policy in ways that benefitted the Soviet Union.Trade Review"This welcome addition to the literature clearly elucidates how national ACP policy twists, turns, and crises impacted the Maryland party over 40 years and is based upon extensive research in archival sources (including recently opened ACP records deposited in the former Soviet Union), FBI reports, contemporary newspaper accounts, secondary literature, and a few interviews with former ACP members." -- Choice "One of only three state studies of the U.S. Communist Party ever published. . . . Pedersen utilizes a remarkable array of sources, including Russian archives, FBI files, Catholic Church manuscripts, and interviews with party members. . . . Pedersen is careful throughout to embed his coverage of Maryland communism within the wider political history of the state and the nation. His wholly admirable study, therefore, is worth the attention even of nonspecialists." -- Myron I. Scholnick, Journal of Southern History"There is no better account available of how the Communist Party functioned at the state level than Vernon Pedersen's Bolsheviks in Baltimore." -- Harvey E. Klehr, author of The Secret World of American Communism

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Book SynopsisOffers a sweeping overview of political insurgency in the United States from the 1880s onwards. This book ranges over diverse individuals and groups that have attacked the established order, from the left and the right, from the Populists of the 1890s to Ross Perot and the religious right of our times.Trade Review"As a study of modern American political culture, Beyond Left and Right gets high marks. This is an extremely readable book. It should quickly become a basic source, especially beneficial to scholars who are researching modern American political history. Lay readers with an interest in American politics should find it informative and accessible. Horowitz explains his ideas in clear direct prose, free of jargon." -- LeRoy Ashby, author of William Jennings Bryan: Champion of DemocracyTable of ContentsPreface xi Producer Values, Corporate Culture, and Progressive Politics 1 The Campaign against Internationalism, 1914-29 19 Anticorporate Progressives and the New Era, 1920-1929 43 Two Nations: The Cultural Contradictions of the Jazz Age 68 Farmers, the Money Power, and Depression Radicals, 1929-36 91 "Natural Man vs Corporate Man": Battling for Small Business in the 1930s 115 The Last Progressives: Breaking with New Deal Liberalism, 1936-40 138 The Noninterventionist Insurgency, 1935-41 162 Democratic Nationalism and the Assault on Collectivism, 1941-46 188 Crisis of the Old Order: The Revolt against Liberal Elites, 1945-50 214 The Nationalist Critique of Bipartisan Foreign Policy, 1949-55 239 On the Edge: Confronting Communist Conspiracy, Corporate Consolidation, and Civil Rights, 1953-63 261 The Populist Challenge to the Established Order, 1964-92 284 Conclusion 309 Notes 315 Bibliography 397 Index 423

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...A valuable resource for citizens concerned about data collection by government and commercial entities and its impact on privacy. * Booklist *An intense examination of whistleblower Edward Snowden that successfully wades through both partisan rhetoric and ideological constraints . . . Fidler's work is significant because, while events are still playing out, it is actively helping to make sense of this pressing particular American crisis a lot more quickly. An indispensable resource for understanding the Snowden leaks. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsForeword Sumit GangulyAcknowledgmentsEditor's NoteAbbreviationsIntroduction David P. FidlerPart I. Perspectives on the Snowden Disclosures1. Security and Liberty: The Imaginary Balance Nick Cullather2. Edward Snowden and the NSA: Law, Policy, and Politics Fred H. Cate3. From Passivity to Eternal Vigilance: NSA Surveillance and Effective Oversight of Government Power Lee H. Hamilton4. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Snowden Leaks David P. Fidler5. Taking Snowden Seriously: Civil Disobedience for an Age of Total Surveillance William E. ScheuermanPart II. The Snowden Saga in Primary DocumentsA. Revelations and ReactionsUnconstitutional Abuse of Power or Legitimate and Necessary Security Measures?NSA Programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act1. The Verizon Order2. NSA PRISM and UPSTREAM Briefing Slides3. Robert S. Litt, Director of National Intelligence, Speech at Brookings Institution4. Amash-Conyers Amendment Debate, U.S. House of RepresentativesHero or Villain? Persecuting a Defender of Human Rights v. Prosecuting a Criminal Suspect5. Edward Snowden, Statement at the Moscow Airport6. Attorney General Eric Holder, Letter to Russian Minister of JusticeRubber Stamp or Robust Tribunal? The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court7. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Order 2009Made in the USA? NSA Surveillance and U.S. Technology Companies8. NSA MUSCULAR Program Briefing Slide9. Statement by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer10. Reform Government Surveillance: Open Letter from U.S. Technology CompaniesFriend and Foe? U.S. Espionage against Other Countries11. NSA Briefing Slides on Brazilian President Dilma Roussef and Petrobas Oil Company12. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Statement on Economic Espionage and Foreign Intelligence13. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, Statement to United Nations General Assembly14. NSA Document on Cell Phone Surveillance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel15. Wanted by the FBI16. Chinese National Ministry of Defense Statement on U.S. Indictment of Chinese Military OfficersA Secure and Reliable Cyberspace? The NSA, Encryption, and Exploits17. NSA Classification Guide for Project BULLRUN on Defeating Encryption18. NSA SIGINT Strategy, 2012-201619. James R. Clapper, Statements on NSA Cryptological Capabilities20. NSA Briefing Slides on the QUANTUM Project21. NSA Public Affairs Office Statement in Response to Press AllegationsNorms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace? U.S. Cyber Operations22. Presidential Policy Directive 20 on U.S. Cyber Operations Policy"Worse than the U.S."? Surveillance by the UK's Government Communications Headquarters23. British Government Communications Headquarters TEMPORA Program24. NSA Memo on the TEMPORA Program: "'The World's Largest XKEYSCORE'—Is Now Available to Qualified NSA Users"25. British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee Statement on the U.S. PRISM Program26. European Court of Human Rights, Big Brother Watch and Others v. United KingdomB. Reviews and RecommendationsU.S. Federal Court Decisions on NSA Programs27. Klayman v. Obama: U.S. Federal Court Decision on the Telephone Metadata Program 28. ACLU v. Clapper: U.S. Federal Court Decision on the Telephone Metadata Program29. United States v. Mohamud: U.S. Federal Court Decision on Section 702 of FISAReports from U.S. Advisory Bodies30. Executive Summary, Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies31. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report on Telephone Metadata Program and FISC32. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report on Section 702 of FISAStatements from International Institutions33. Edward Snowden, Testimony to the European Parliament34. European Parliament Resolution on US NSA Surveillance Program35. United Nations Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital AgeC. Reforms and a Reflection36. President Barack Obama, Remarks on Review of Signals Intelligence37. U.S. House of Representatives, USA FREEDOM Act38. Edward Snowden, One Year Later

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...A valuable resource for citizens concerned about data collection by government and commercial entities and its impact on privacy. * Booklist *An intense examination of whistleblower Edward Snowden that successfully wades through both partisan rhetoric and ideological constraints . . . Fidler's work is significant because, while events are still playing out, it is actively helping to make sense of this pressing particular American crisis a lot more quickly. An indispensable resource for understanding the Snowden leaks. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsForeword Sumit GangulyAcknowledgmentsEditor's NoteAbbreviationsIntroduction David P. FidlerPart I. Perspectives on the Snowden Disclosures1. Security and Liberty: The Imaginary Balance Nick Cullather2. Edward Snowden and the NSA: Law, Policy, and Politics Fred H. Cate3. From Passivity to Eternal Vigilance: NSA Surveillance and Effective Oversight of Government Power Lee H. Hamilton4. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Snowden Leaks David P. Fidler5. Taking Snowden Seriously: Civil Disobedience for an Age of Total Surveillance William E. ScheuermanPart II. The Snowden Saga in Primary DocumentsA. Revelations and ReactionsUnconstitutional Abuse of Power or Legitimate and Necessary Security Measures?NSA Programs under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act1. The Verizon Order2. NSA PRISM and UPSTREAM Briefing Slides3. Robert S. Litt, Director of National Intelligence, Speech at Brookings Institution4. Amash-Conyers Amendment Debate, U.S. House of RepresentativesHero or Villain? Persecuting a Defender of Human Rights v. Prosecuting a Criminal Suspect5. Edward Snowden, Statement at the Moscow Airport6. Attorney General Eric Holder, Letter to Russian Minister of JusticeRubber Stamp or Robust Tribunal? The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court7. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Order 2009Made in the USA? NSA Surveillance and U.S. Technology Companies8. NSA MUSCULAR Program Briefing Slide9. Statement by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer10. Reform Government Surveillance: Open Letter from U.S. Technology CompaniesFriend and Foe? U.S. Espionage against Other Countries11. NSA Briefing Slides on Brazilian President Dilma Roussef and Petrobas Oil Company12. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Statement on Economic Espionage and Foreign Intelligence13. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, Statement to United Nations General Assembly14. NSA Document on Cell Phone Surveillance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel15. Wanted by the FBI16. Chinese National Ministry of Defense Statement on U.S. Indictment of Chinese Military OfficersA Secure and Reliable Cyberspace? The NSA, Encryption, and Exploits17. NSA Classification Guide for Project BULLRUN on Defeating Encryption18. NSA SIGINT Strategy, 2012-201619. James R. Clapper, Statements on NSA Cryptological Capabilities20. NSA Briefing Slides on the QUANTUM Project21. NSA Public Affairs Office Statement in Response to Press AllegationsNorms of Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace? U.S. Cyber Operations22. Presidential Policy Directive 20 on U.S. Cyber Operations Policy"Worse than the U.S."? Surveillance by the UK's Government Communications Headquarters23. British Government Communications Headquarters TEMPORA Program24. NSA Memo on the TEMPORA Program: "'The World's Largest XKEYSCORE'—Is Now Available to Qualified NSA Users"25. British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee Statement on the U.S. PRISM Program26. European Court of Human Rights, Big Brother Watch and Others v. United KingdomB. Reviews and RecommendationsU.S. Federal Court Decisions on NSA Programs27. Klayman v. Obama: U.S. Federal Court Decision on the Telephone Metadata Program 28. ACLU v. Clapper: U.S. Federal Court Decision on the Telephone Metadata Program29. United States v. Mohamud: U.S. Federal Court Decision on Section 702 of FISAReports from U.S. Advisory Bodies30. Executive Summary, Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies31. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report on Telephone Metadata Program and FISC32. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report on Section 702 of FISAStatements from International Institutions33. Edward Snowden, Testimony to the European Parliament34. European Parliament Resolution on US NSA Surveillance Program35. United Nations Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital AgeC. Reforms and a Reflection36. President Barack Obama, Remarks on Review of Signals Intelligence37. U.S. House of Representatives, USA FREEDOM Act38. Edward Snowden, One Year Later

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Book SynopsisIn the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household.Trade Review"A gripping story of Elizabethan realpolitik revealed in step-by-step detail. Bossy knows more about this intriguing chapter in Elizabethan politics than anyone else and is still finding new and surprising things in it. The book is written with characteristic gusto... One talks of 'close readings' of history, but few get closer than Bossy's." Charles Nicholl, Sunday Times "Bossy's case is most persuasive and his sleuthing is meticulous and exhaustive. He is also a witty writer." Frank McLynn, Literary Review "Bossy tells the story with all his familiar narrative flair." Ralph Houlbrooke, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisDelving into a netherworld of treachery and intrigue in Elizabethan London, John Bossy attempts to solve a centuries-old mystery: who was "Fagot", the spy working within the French embassy in London to subvert Catholic attempts to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and her government?Trade Review"This book is a detective story told by a masterly historian." Diarmaid MacCulloch, New Statesman & Society "Read the book. It is, quite simply, brilliant." Susan Brigden, Country Life "Bossy's creative, thoroughly researched and engaging work emulates the investigative style of the best detective fiction." Deborah E. Harkness, Sixteenth Century Journal "Mr. Bossy's erudition is so great, his virtuosity in handling it so enviable, the story he tells so fascinating, and he tells it so well, with such verve and subtlety and wit... This is a marvellous book." H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Review of Books "Bossy combines meticulous research with a lively style and guides the reader along the alleys of Elizabethan espionage to some startling conclusions." Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph "A very real tour de force by a very clever historian." Simon Adams, Times Literary Supplement "Bossy opens up a startling new angle on certain secret operations of the mid-1580s... A triumph of close historical focus." Charles Nicholl, London Review of Books

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Book SynopsisFaced with relentless technological aggression that imperils democracy, how can Western nations fight back?Trade Review“Kello suggests that collective responses, ideally through Nato or coalitions of the capable, will be more effective than a single country acting alone.”—Edward Lucas, Times (UK)“In a work that is sure to be closely studied in western capitals, Kello makes proposals to increase the west’s deterrence power and restore ‘peace in cyber space.’”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times“Kello concentrates on the failure of Western governments to respond to cyberattacks . . . [and] clearly intends Striking Back to be a wake-up call.” —Richard Norton-Taylor, Times Literary Supplement“A major work as well as a wake-up call for the West. . . . A very valuable book.”—Christopher Coker, author of Future War“We can rely on Lucas Kello to provoke when it comes to recognising the impact of technology. In Striking Back he peels away layers of Western complacency and doctrinal failure masking our present dangerous situation of unpeace in cyberspace. He logically arrives at a disturbing conclusion, that we need to shed many of our inhibitions and our cyber legalism and adopt a punctuated deterrence strategy to prevent Russia and China from subverting our internal political and economic affairs.”—Professor Sir David Omand, former director of GCHQ and UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator“The United States and Western allies may have better weapons, but adversaries like Russia and China have better strategies in cyberspace, Lucas Kello argues. Those interested in defending democracies now, before it’s too late, should read this book.”—Audrey Kurth Cronin, author of How Terrorism Ends“It is clear that traditional ideas about deterrence are not working in cyberspace; it’s not so clear what to do about it. In this wide-ranging and deeply researched book, Lucas Kello presents some serious and credible proposals that need to be read by policy-makers and scholars alike.”—Mark Galeotti, author of The Weaponisation of Everything“It is clear that cyber warfare is rapidly becoming the battlefield of the present and the future. Lucas Kello’s book is an excellent summary of both the dangers, challenges and vulnerabilities of the cyber threat. While it is clear that there are no easy answers, this book also makes an important point that to deliver a stable future, we cannot afford to surrender to the threat.”—Leon E. Panetta, former director of the CIA, former Secretary of Defense“It is clear that cyber warfare is rapidly becoming the battlefield of the present and the future. Lucas Kello’s book is an excellent summary of both the dangers, challenges and vulnerabilities of the cyber threat. While it is clear that there are no easy answers, this book also makes an important point that to deliver a stable future, we cannot afford to surrender to the threat.”—Leon E. Panetta, former director of the CIA, former Secretary of Defense -- Leon E. Panetta

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Book SynopsisSpying on the Bomb is an "engrossing" (Wall Street Journal) global history of the American-led effort to spy on every nation with nuclear ambitions.Trade Review"Richelson’s exhaustive research has uncovered the fascinating stories of how American intelligence spied on our enemies and our allies over the past six decades in an effort to discover their nuclear secrets. The mixed record of success and failure provides important lessons for today as we try to learn what the North Koreans are up to." -- Robert S. Norris, author of Racing for the Bomb"Richelson writes with admirable clarity." -- New York Times Book Review"Full of tense and suspenseful turns." -- Kirkus Reviews"Spying on the Bomb…is especially damning in demonstrating how this costly array of gadgetry in the air, on land and beneath the sea still leaves us guessing about different nations’ nuclear capabilities." -- Los Angeles Times"Searching and informed analysis of our nation’s nuclear espionage." -- Booklist"A magisterial history of the U.S. nuclear intelligence effort." -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

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Book SynopsisThis is a critical, learned edition of the General Report on Tunny with Emphasis on Statistical Methods (aka The Newmanry Report), prepared in 1945 and declassified in 2000. The Report was a technical account of what the team of cryptanalysts did in their work at Bletchley Park during WWII.Table of ContentsPreface xiii Editorial Notes xiv Notes on Vocabulary xiv List of Abbreviations xv Cryptanalytic Significance of the Analysis of Tunny, by Whitfield Diffie xvii Editors’ Introduction, by Whitfield Diffie and J. V. Field xxv Statistics at Bletchley Park, by S. L. Zabell lxxv Biographies of Authors ciii Notes on the Editors of the Present Volume cvii List of Figures cix General Report on Tunny, with emphasis on statistical methods 1 Part 0: Preface Chapter 01: Preface 3 Part 1: Introduction Chapter 11: German Tunny 6 Chapter 12: Cryptographic Aspects 22 Chapter 13: Machines 32 Chapter 14: Organisation 35 Chapter 15: Some Historical Notes 39 Part 2: Methods of Solution Chapter 21: Some Probability Techniques 43 Chapter 22: Statistical Foundations 50 Chapter 23: Machine Setting 80 Chapter 24: Rectangling 110 Chapter 25: Chi-Breaking from Cipher 139 Chapter 26: Wheel-Breaking from Key 185 Chapter 27: Cribs 219 Chapter 28: Language Methods 237 Part 3: Organisation Chapter 31: Mr Newman’s Section 262 Chapter 32: Organisation of the Testery 267 Chapter 33: Knockholt 268 Chapter 34: Registration and Circulation 269 Chapter 35: Tapemaking and Checking 271 Chapter 36: Chi-Breaking from Cipher 275 Chapter 37: Machine Setting Organisation 277 Chapter 38: Wheel-Breaking from Key, Organisation 280 Chapter 39: Language Methods 282 Part 4: Early Methods and History Chapter 41: The First Break 284 Chapter 42: Early Hand Methods 290 Chapter 43: Testery Methods 1942–44 298 Chapter 44: Hand Statistical Methods 305 Part 5: Machines Chapter 51: Introductory 309 Chapter 52: Development of Robinson and Colossus 312 Chapter 53: Colossus 316 Chapter 54: Robinson 336 Chapter 55: Specialized Counting Machines 346 Chapter 56: Copying Machines 350 Chapter 57: Simple machines 361 Chapter 58: Photographs 362 Part 6: Raw Materials Chapter 61: Raw Materials — Production, with Plans of Tunny Links 381 Part 7: References Chapter 71: Glossary and Index 387 Chapter 72: Notation 435 Chapter 73: Bibliography 441 Chapter 74: Chronology 444 Part 8: Conclusions Chapter 81: Conclusions 452 Part 9: Appendices Chapter 91: The 5202 Machine 456 Chapter 92: Recovery of Motor Patterns from De-chi 471 Chapter 93: Thrasher 482 Chapter 94: Research into the QEP System 484 Chapter 95: Mechanical Flags 488 Appendix A: Transmission of Teleprinter Signals, by J. A. Reeds 495 Appendix B: Activities at Knockholt, by J. A. Reeds 503 Appendix C: The 5202 Machine, by J. A. Reeds 530 Appendix D: Initial Conception of Colossus, by J. A. Reeds 535 Appendix E: List of Scanned Exhibits 540 Supplementary Glossary 542 Biographical Notes 547 Notes 561 Bibliography 624 Index 645

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Book SynopsisThis is a history of the secret activities of the British government in response to threats to the nation''s well-being and stability during the twentieth century. It is based on intensive and widespread research in private and public archives and on documents many of which have only recently come to light or been made available. The dangers perceived by the state have been manifold and various, coming from within and from abroad. Anarchists, fascists, socialists, communists, the IRA, trades-unionists and animal activists as well as spies, terrorists and saboteurs have been the subject of undercover investigation, along with almost every large-scale movement from suffragettes to campaigners for peace and nuclear disarmament. The author describes the methods and people employed, and the mixed nature of their results. The British state has always seen itself as civil and liberal, but as Dr Thurlow shows it has sometimes been far from open. The government has had many weapons aTrade Review"The range of studies is quite breathtaking .... The whole book is a fascinating read, despite Thurlow's liberal politics and the fact that most of the relevant files are still unreleased." Socialist Review "An important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the traditions of individual freedom and the internal security needs of the state in modern Britain." American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Strange Death of Liberal England (1900-1914). 2. The First World War (1914-1918). 3. John Bull's Other Island (1910-1923). 4. Reds in the Bed (1917-1939). 5. The March of the Blackshirts (1923-1939). 6. The Second World War (1939-1945). 7. The Cold War (1945-1989). 8. Pushing and Shoving (1958-1993). 9. The Orange and the Green (1968-1993). Conclusion. Index.

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Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt School--Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer--worked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of the CIA. This book brings together their most important intelligence reports on Nazi Germany, most of them published hereTrade Review"[F]ascinating... [T]his new volume ... conveniently collects a substantial chunk of the original documents penned by Neumann and his research team."--William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs "[A] fascinating collection... The history of wartime intelligence is a developing field, and this material is a welcome addition."--Library Journal "[S]ome of the most brilliant analysis of Nazi Germany ever written and a valuable lesson in postwar planning... [A] rich and multi-layered collection of political essays that will be of enduring interest to students of military intelligence, Marxism, Nazi Germany and the Allied effort in the Second World War."--John Bew, New Statesman "Editor Laudani laces the reports throughout the forward, introduction, and short biographies, placing them in the larger context of critical theory and as tools for assessing postwar liberal democracy. Overall, the reports offer highly readable, objective assessments and possible reforms."--Choice "[A] highly valuable source for anyone interested in intellectual history, the history of ideas, the history of the Second World War, Nazi Germany or wartime intelligence... The texts presented within this volume will most certainly remain essential reading material for anyone dealing with the so-called Frankfurt School, as well as for those scholars and students dealing with wartime intelligence structures, Nazi Germany and the Second World War."--Goran Miljan, European Review of History "Secret Reports on Nazi Germany is a work of immense scholarly value that can serve as an important resource for scholars and students interested in the Second World War, U.S. postwar policy, the origins of the Cold War, critical theory, and the politics of exile. Most important, the reports in this collection provide a critical starting point for tracing the historiography on Nazism in the United States."--Anne Berg, H-Net Reviews "Secret Reports On Nazi Germany is a whole different, yet substantially significant, eye opening, scholarly saga, that simply needs to be read by all those who are remotely interested in what actually took place in wartime Nazi Germany. In other words, it's the real deal... Secret Reports on Nazi Germany is an exceptionally well put together account of a country simply gone mad. More importantly, it's fresh and it's incisive."--David Marx, David Marx: Book ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword, by Raymond Geuss ix Acknowledgments xv Notes on the Texts xvii On the Authors xxi Introduction 1 Part I THE ANALYSIS OF THE ENEMY 1Franz Neumann - Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Terror 27 2Herbert Marcuse - Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future 31 3Herbert Marcuse - Changes in the Reich Government 38 4Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - Speer's Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy 48 5Herbert Marcuse and Felix Gilbert - The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare 61 6Herbert Marcuse - German Social Stratification 74 Part II PATTERNS OF COLLAPSE 7Franz Neumann - German Morale after Tunisia 95 8Herbert Marcuse (assisted by Franz Neumann and Hans Meyerhoff) - Morale in Germany 100 9Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Felix Gilbert - Possible Patterns of German Collapse 106 10Franz Neumann - The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey 118 11Franz Neumann - The Attempt on Hitler's Life and Its Consequences 133 Part III POLITICAL OPPOSITION 12Franz Neumann - The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People 149 13Herbert Marcuse - The German Communist Party 167 14Herbert Marcuse - The Social Democratic Party of Germany 199 Part IV DENAZIFICATION AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT 15Otto Kirchheimer - The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of MG 229 16Herbert Marcuse - Dissolution of the Nazi Party and Its Affiliated Organizations 253 17Franz Neumann - German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations 264 18Herbert Marcuse - Policy toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment of New Parties in Germany 285 19Otto Kirchheimer - General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany 301 20Otto Kirchheimer - Administration of German Criminal Justice under Military Government 318 21Franz Neumann - The Problem of Inflation in Germany 345 Part V A NEW GERMANY IN A NEW EUROPE 22Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, and Transport 397 23Franz Neumann - The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life under Military Government 412 24Franz Neumann - The Treatment of Germany 436 Part VI TOWARD NUREMBERG 25Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - The "Statement on Atrocities" of the Moscow Tripartite Conference 451 26Franz Neumann - Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals 457 27Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility 464 28Herbert Marcuse - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan 475 29Otto Kirchheimer - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes 522 Part VII A NEW ENEMY 30Herbert Marcuse - Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils 557 31Herbert Marcuse - The Potentials of World Communism 591 Notes 611 Index 659

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Book SynopsisOffering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term US-Muslim relations. This title argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States.Trade Review"[A] thoughtful book... Nakhleh makes a strong case for the importance of constructive engagement with all Islamists except the global jihadists."--Jonathan Benthall, Times Literary Supplement "Nakhleh, former director of the CIA's Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program, draws on nearly three decades of experience, current research and extensive polling to argue that the majority of Muslims strongly oppose terrorism and want good governance and a functional relationship with the U.S."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In an informative and revealing book, A Necessary Engagement, Emile Nakhleh, a former director of Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program in the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, says that although midlevel U.S. officials knew better than to frame the war in black-and-white terms, ever-expanding the territory of the enemy, they had little say and input in decision-making... Nakhleh paints a grim and stark portrait of the failures of U.S. policy makers to understand the most basic attitudes that Muslims have of themselves, each other and the West."--Fawaz A. Gerges, The National Interest "This book should be required reading for the non-expert who wants a real understanding of militant Islam and how the United States should deal with it. Even experts in Islam, foreign policy and public diplomacy would find it worth reading. The author has marshaled persuasive arguments and presented a systematic analysis that is carefully grounded in fact and sensible conclusions... Nakhleh's years of careful study have been distilled into a highly readable 146 pages. Because of the nature of the issues he discussed, this book will be relevant to understanding our world for some time to come."--William A. Rugh, Middle East Policy "Nakhleh draws extensively on his government background in this slim, must-read volume, which combines cogent and balanced analysis with well-reasoned policy recommendations culminating in a useful 'blueprint' for US public diplomacy that offers some novel suggestions."--Mona Yacoubian, Middle East Journal "In this slender volume, Nakhleh examines the relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world, presents cogent criticisms of U.S. assumptions and policies, and extends sound advice on how to undo what has been done through mistake, ignorance, or arrogance... The book is optimistic, succinct, and timely."--A. Ahmad, Choice "[A]nyone reflecting on how the US policy towards the Muslim world should be developed would be well advised to read it."--Harold Walker, Journal of Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsAuthor's Note ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: Political Islam and Islamization 1 Islamization and Islamic Activism 4 Stages of Islamization 8 Islamic Activism and Radicalization 12 Islamic Radicals and WMD 14 Manifestations of Islamization 17 Factors Contributing to Islamization 20 Education and Islamization 23 Shia Activism 26 Islamic Political Party Politics 30 Islamic Activism, CIA Briefings, and U.S. Policy Responses 33 Chapter 2: Intelligence, Political Islam, and Policymakers 37 Intelligence and Policy: Roots of Tension 38 Politics Trumps National Security 40 Building Expertise 41 Academic Outreach 43 Training of Analysts 46 Cultural Expertise and Intelligence Analysis 47 Open-Source Data Mining 50 Visiting Muslim Countries 51 Analytic Products, Briefings, and Policymakers' Response 53 Iraq: Critical Briefings before and aft er the Invasion 54 Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and the American Response 61 Authoritarian Regimes and Political Reform 64 Bureaucratic Impediments 66 Collecting Data on Political Islam 68 Chapter 3: Public Diplomacy: Issues and Attitudes 71 Polls and Attitudes 73 Global War on Terror 80 Invading Muslim Countries 84 Democratization 90 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An "Honest Broker" Role? 94 Unilateralism Resonates Poorly 98 Chapter 4: Public Diplomacy: A Blueprint 101 Caveats and Challenges 105 Secularists and Modernists 107 Traditionalists and Radical Salafis 112 Core Themes 120 A Blueprint 125 Conclusion Looking Ahead 140 Acknowledgments 145 Glossary 147 Sources Cited 151 Index 155

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Book SynopsisProvides an examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. This work shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable. It argues that after the Cold War ended, the CIA and FBI failed to adapt to the rise of terrorism.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2008 Louis Brownlow Award, National Academy of Public Administration "Ever since the end of the cold war, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency, and more than a dozen other intelligence organizations that answer to the president had been struggling to adapt their sources and methods to the new menace. As Amy B. Zegart argues in Spying Blind, they just weren't up to the job... Zegart, blaming institutional inertia more than individuals, counts more than 20 specific instances where the CIA or the FBI missed chances to stop the 9/11 attacks."--Christopher Dickey, Newsweek "Don't be fooled by the title of this book. It sounds as if the author is going to tread the same turf as Richard Clarke, Tim Weiner, Bob Woodward and a host of others, including the 9/11 Commission Report, but Amy Zegart in Spying Blind goes several steps beyond her predecessors... Zegart presents the facts behind this state of affairs in a more scholarly way than we've previously seen, by examining over 300 intelligence reform recommendations and by tracing the history of CIA and FBI counter-terrorism efforts from 1991 to 2001. ... Spying Blind provides a clear and comprehensive overview of a dire situation -- the kind of knowledge that comes in handy when you call or write your congressman or, for that matter, when you vote."--Mary Welp, The Courier-Journal "Zegart argues that any meaningful improvement in U.S. intelligence coordination and effectiveness will require the president and Congress to take on the Defense Department... Spying Blind is a thorough examination of those reform failures. In it, Zegart sifts through hundreds of intelligence recommendations...and findings by the 9/11 Commission and congressional committees."--David J. Garrow, Wilson Quarterly "One of the many strengths of Zegart's book is that she examines not only current problems in the intelligence services but past efforts to correct them."--Simon Chesterman, Survival "Amy B. Zegart is one of the most talented young scholars in the field of intelligence studies. She has a flair for empirical research... [T]his highly readable and well-documented book is commendable for its exhaustive research and lucid writing style."--Loch K. Johnson, Political Science Quarterly "This is a well-written and informed book that should become part of the post-9/11 debate on intelligence agencies and their adaptation to the new world that opened up on that day... This is all excellent book, with detailed research, and a highly readable presentation of absorbing analysis."--Alan Warburton, International History Review "Spying Blind adds a valuable empirical study to the literature on understanding culture and bureaucratic processes in foreign policy decision-making."--Peter Hough, European LegacyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii CHAPTER ONE: An Organizational View of 9/11 1 CHAPTER TWO: Canaries in the Coal Mine: The Case for Failed Adaptation 15 CHAPTER THREE: Crossing an Academic No-Man's Land: Explaining Failed Adaptation 43 CHAPTER FOUR: Fighting Osama One Bureaucrat at a Time: Adaptation Failure in the CIA 61 CHAPTER FIVE: Signals Found and Lost: The CIA and 9/11 101 CHAPTER SIX: Real Men Don't Type: Adaptation Failure in the FBI 120 CHAPTER SEVEN: Evidence Teams at the Ready: The FBI and 9/11 156 CHAPTER EIGHT: The More Things Change ... 169 APPENDIX: Intelligence Reform Catalog Methodology 199 Notes 203 References 273 Index 309

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Longlisted for the Airey Neave Book Prize, Airey Neave Trust""Zegart provides not just a sweeping history of the U.S. intelligence community but also nuggets that help place events in a new context. . . . A perfect primer for anyone trying to understand how the intelligence community is meeting the challenges of the digital age."---Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post"A lucid and sobering account of how digital and other technological breakthroughs are ‘generating new uncertainties and empowering new adversaries’ for the United States at a time when its intelligence agencies are uniquely stressed. . . . Zegart offers no easy solutions but warns that the world of cyberwarfare requires both a ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘mobilization in milliseconds.’ In the new world, national security must take precedence over intelligence gathering, enabling decision makers to respond forcefully and quickly to cyberattacks. The divide between Washington and tech giants must be bridged or a day of reckoning will surely come."---Harvey Klehr, Wall Street Journal"In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart of Stanford University looks at how technology is transforming cloak-and-dagger work." * The Economist *"This book cements Zegart's reputation as a leading historian and analyst of American foreign intelligence. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"Astute. . . . Brilliant. . . . In the wireless 21st-century world, espionage, sabotage, and brainwashing are no longer the province of government agencies; nearly anyone with an internet connection can do it. Disturbing but superbly insightful." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"This is a comprehensive and much needed study on the impact of technology on intelligence by a leading scholar in the field. Clear in argument, the book is meticulously researched and highly readable."---Dan Lomas, International Affairs

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Book SynopsisJohn Sullivan was one of the CIA's top polygraph examiners during the final four years of the war in Vietnam. In this book he tells what it was like to be an agency officer working in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during those chaotic years, putting a human face on covert operations.Trade ReviewA highly readable account that is a must for historians looking for lessons derived from the Vietnam conflict. And as a polygrapher who was obsessed with unveiling the truth, Sullivan makes every effort to give an accurate portrayal of the CIA and its key personnel in Vietnam-warts and all. KENNETH CONBOY, COAUTHOR OF SPIES AND COMMANDOS: HOW AMERICA LOST THE SECRET WAR IN NORTH VIETNAM. ""Provides a unique and interesting glimpse into a little-known aspect of the Vietnam War."" DALE ANDRADE, AUTHOR OF AMERICA'S LAST VIETNAM BATTLE: HALTING HANOI'S 1972 EASTER OFFENSIVE ""A vivid and often insightful account of the CIA's role in Vietnam."" TIMOTHY LOMPERIS, AUTHOR OF FROM PEOPLE'S WAR TO PEOPLE'S RULE: INSURGENCY, INTERVENTION, AND THE LESSONS OF VIETNAM

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Book SynopsisChronicles the efforts of a historic joint House-Senate inquiry to get to the bottom of our intelligence failures on 9/11 in 2001. This study provides a grim reminder of the challenges that remain in the war on terror.

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Book SynopsisWilliam E Colby was one of the most enigmatic figures of the Cold War and a central player in the operations of the Central Intelligence Agency. This title tracks Colby's life and career from early years in the OSS to his tumultuous tenure as Director of Central Intelligence in the 1970s. It also offers a history of the inner workings of the CIA.Trade ReviewThis highly detailed look at one of the major spymasters of the post-WWII era is another intriguing work by the prolific Prados.... An essential and provocative addition to works on the CIA. Publishers Weekly ""Prados is correct in suggesting that his life of Colby is 'a parable for today, when the CIA and U.S. intelligence in general again stand in need of visionary leadership.'"" Denver Post ""An important contribution to intelligence literature."" Washington Post Book World ""A deeply researched and well-written account that should stand the test of time."" Library Journal ""Gripping, revealing, and timely."" Kai Bird, author of The Color of Truth

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