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Book Synopsis‘One of our very best writers on France.’ Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Patrick Marnham received an anonymous letter from a person who claimed to have worked for British Intelligence during the war. The ex-spy praised his book but insisted that he had missed the real ‘treasure’. The letter drew Marnham back to the early 1960s when he had been taught French by a mercurial woman - a former Resistance leader, whose SOE network was broken on the same day that Moulin was captured and who endured eighteen months in Ravensbrück concentration camp. Could these two events have been connected? His anonymous correspondent offered a tantalising set of clues that seemed to implicate Churchill and British Intelligence in the catastrophe. Drawing on a deep knowledge of France and original research in British and French archives, War in the Shadows exposes the ruthless dTrade Review‘War in the Shadows is a melange of Le Grand Meaulnes and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. It is unforgettable.’ * TLS, BOOKS OF THE YEAR *‘A masterly analysis, impeccably presented.’ * Spectator *‘It is beautifully written, minutely observed… full of underhand trickery… in every sense of the word an intriguing book.’ -- Roger Boyes, The Times‘Fascinating… Marnham has a vast and scholarly knowledge of this often treacherous world… [and] has painted a vivid picture of a number of idealistic and trusting men and women caught up in a game of subterfuge, rivalry and politics that remains impervious to full exposure, even now.’ * Literary Review *‘Combining history and personal memoir it has all the intrigue, duplicity and betrayal of a Le Carré or Deighton thriller.’ -- Herald‘Patrick Marnham is one of our very best writers on France.’ -- Antony Beevor‘A brilliant and revelatory work of modern historical investigation, throwing new light on the French Resistance and the complex world of secret intelligence. Written with remarkable insight, understanding and empathy – a triumph.’ -- William Boyd‘An incredible story brilliantly told. Marnham has created an utterly gripping story of wartime espionage, deception, double-crossing and terrible betrayal that drew me in from the outset. A stunning work of investigation, research and scholarship. I honestly think this is the best book I have ever read about the SOE in France.’ -- James Holland

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Book SynopsisMiranda Carter was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and Exeter College, Oxford. She worked as a publisher and journalist before beginning research on her biography of Anthony Blunt in 1994. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. Anthony Blunt: His Lives (2001), her first book, won the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Orwell Prize, and was shortlisted for many other prizes, including the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread Biography Award. In the US it was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the seven best books of 2002.Trade ReviewAstonishingly good * Daily Telegraph *Highly impressive... sensitive and compelling... Miranda Carter has written a richly informative biography which, in the end, does not fall into the trap of tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner - not only because she is not seeking to pardon him, but also because there is something here that is still quite impossible to comprehend * Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph *A compelling biography... Miranda Carter's skill at scouring the different compartments of Blunt's life is deeply impressive * Julian Barnes, New Yorker *

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Book SynopsisThe return of the high successful biography of a modern legend by Alan Turing's nephewTrade ReviewA cracking read. -- Nick SmithFor anyone seeking a more nuanced picture of the human side of Turing . . . this book makes a useful and sometimes poignant contribution. -- Clare MulleyDeserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of BP and in the development of the computer. -- David Hamer[Dermot Turing] has done a fabulous job of translating the complexities of mathematics and the early computer science to the lay person. -- Walter Myer

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Book SynopsisNils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, uncovers a systematic campaign to persecute Assange. He reveals that Assange has faced grave and systematic due process violations, judicial bias, collusion and manipulated evidence. He has been the victim of constant surveillance, defamation and threats. Melzer also gathered together consolidated medical evidence that proves that the prison has suffered prolonged psychological torture. Melzer's compelling investigation puts the UK and US state into the dock, showing how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power reveals a deeply undemocratic system. Furthermore, the Assange case sets a dangerous precedent: once telling the truth becomes a crime, censorship and tyranny will inevitably follow.Trade ReviewThis is a landmark book, the first by a senior international official to call out the criminality of Western governments, and their craven media echoes, in the persecution of Julian Assange. Mark the word, persecution, says Nils Melzer, as well as "our" responsibility for the ravages inflicted on an heroic man for telling forbidden truths and on democracy itself. -- John PilgerMelzer, a brave and honest man, tells the whole truth about the brutality and illegality of what is being done to Julian Assange. Read this book. -- Brian EnoThis is a harrowing account of a corruption of justice that crosses not only borders, but the United Nations itself. Melzer's work is an urgent corrective to a false history - and an act of public service. -- Edward SnowdenPolitically motivated and unjustified, the prosecution of Julian Assange by a mature democracy threatens and undermines press freedom, the rule of law, and the prohibition of torture. By painstakingly and rigorously documenting the facts, Nilz Melzer reveals the full disturbing account of how the human rights of Julian Assange have been violated over years. It's a story that must be told and from which we all must learn. -- Agnes Callamard, Secretary-General, Amnesty International, former UN Rapporteur on TortureA stunning account on how official secrecy, corruption and impunity suffocate the truth and poison the rule of law. The present-day prosecution of Julian Assange aims to complete what Richard Nixon tried and failed to do in the Pentagon Papers case fifty years ago: rescind the foundation of our republic, the First Amendment protection of freedom of the press. As Melzer argues compellingly, nothing less than our continued status as a democracy is at stake in the need to block Assange's extradition, drop the unconstitutional charges against him, or if necessary, win his acquittal. It is the legal scandal of the century. -- Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower, the Pentagon PapersIt is as if all the Anglo-American frustrations over the disasters of Iraq, Trump and a teetering Washington political system have become concentrated in official hatred of one man: Julian Assange. This dissident faces a 175 year sentence but the soldiers who shot dead innocent Iraqi civilians- the war crime he exposed and is facing extradition for- are escaping even an investigation. The ferocious cruelty summoned for pursuit of Assange is anatomised here by Nils Melzer who implies a question that should chill us: Assange now, who next? -- Bob Carr, former Australian foreign minister and longest serving Premier of New South WalesA powerful investigation into the heart of darkness of our legal and political systems. Once you read this breath-taking book by Nils Melzer, you will know why Julian Assange is being tortured so terribly and why he should be celebrated as a true hero of the 21st century -- Srecko Horvat, author of Poetry From the FutureThe most compelling case yet made for Assange's defence and a swingeing indictment of politicians, security services and judicial authorities ... [Melzer] marshal[s] a wealth of detail and legal evidence to make his case. -- Mary Dejevsky * Independent *The most methodical and detailed recounting of the long persecution by the United States and the British government of Assange -- Chris Hedges * New Age *Enlightening ... The material Melzer has gathered over his two-year investigation is riveting, and his motivation is clear. -- Andrew Hankinson * Spectator *A remarkable book by a remarkable man ... The research, knowledge and considered thought Melzer has given to Assange's case is powerful and unanswerable. * Morning Star *Nils Melzer has given us an invaluable record of the whole judicial witch-hunt. His evolution from sceptic to truth-seeker is particularly admirable. -- Peter Whittaker * New Internationalist *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEscalation Dynamics in Cyberspace deftly demonstrates why the realities of cyberspace don't match up to the hype. Erica and Shawn Lonergan provide an exemplary frame to demystify the implications of cyberspace for geopolitics and, in doing so, demonstrates to security practitioners the nuances and challenges of nation-state cyber operations. * Colin Ahern, Former Acting CISO, New York City Cyber Command *As cyber technology has rapidly permeated every aspect of modern life, analysis has been scrambling to catch up with its impact on international conflict. Lonergan and Lonergan skillfully examine the risks in the aspect of greatest potential danger, escalation within and beyond the cyber realm. Their careful assessment goes beyond the facile intuitions that have dominated much commentary so far. It is refreshingly less alarmist than much conventional wisdom on several crucial facets of the question, while confronting the more frightening prospects on others. This book is the definitive work to date on escalation in cyber conflict. * Richard K. Betts, Leo A. Shifrin Professor of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University *Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace is a must-read for all policymakers across the national security enterprise as well as senior leaders in the military, homeland security, and intelligence communities. It provides critical insight into the nature of strategic interactions in cyberspace and the implications for crisis and conflict. The book reinforces and extends the core findings of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which has emphatically demonstrated that cyberspace presents crucial challenges and opportunities for the United States and the international system. * Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Executive Director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission *Geopolitical risk stemming from cyber operations has been at the forefront of critical infrastructure protection for some time. In Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace, Erica and Shawn Lonergan provide novel insights to understand how to conceive of and manage this risk. This book has the rare quality of being both academically rigorous while also offering actionable recommendations for practitioners. * Scott DePasquale, President and CEO, Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk *This specialty book challenges the tendency of many cybersecurity authors to treat new information technology as a threat that will eventually destroy the world order and kill everyone... It will be interesting to see whether this level-headed, militarily oriented book will lead to a broader reassessment of the threat that cyberattacks pose to modern societies. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Why Is There No Escalation in Cyberspace? Chapter 2: Four Attributes of Cyber Operations Chapter 3: A Theory of Cyber Escalation Chapter 4: Restraint and Accommodation: How Cyber Operations Can Diffuse Crises Chapter 5: Patterns of Escalation in Cyberspace Chapter 6: Cyber Operations and the De-Escalation of International Crises Chapter 7: Plausible Escalation Scenarios for the Future: Cyber Operations in a Warfighting Context Chapter 8: Implications for Policymaking

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Book SynopsisAt 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at Harvard and put to work at Los Alamos in 1944. Assigned the job of testing and refining the complex implosion system for the plutonium bomb, Hall was described as “amazingly brilliant” by his superiors on the project, many of whom were Nobel Prize winners. But what Hall’s colleagues didn’t know was that the teenaged Hall was also the youngest spy taken on by the Soviet Union in search of secrets to the atomic bomb. Spy With No Country tells the gripping story of a brilliant scientist whose information about the plutonium bomb, including detailed drawings and measurements, proved to be integral to the Soviet’s development of nuclear capabilities.In the dying days of World War II, defeat of the Third Reich became a matter of when, not if. Tensions between wartime allies America and the Soviet Union began to rise, and things only got hotter when the United States refused to share information on its nuclear program. This groundbreaking book paints a nuanced picture of a young man acting on what he thought was best for the world. Neither a Communist nor a Soviet sympathizer, Hall worked to ensure that America did not monopolize the science behind the atomic bomb, which he felt may have apocalyptic consequences. Instead, by providing the Soviets with the secrets of the bomb, and thereby initiating “mutual assured destruction,” Hall may have actually saved the world as we know it. But his contributions to the Soviets certainly did not go unnoticed. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover opened an investigation into Hall, which was escalated when it was discovered that Hall’s brother Edward was a rising star of the Air Force, leading the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Featuring in-depth research from recently declassified FBI documents, first-hand journals, and personal interviews, investigative journalist Dave Lindorff uncovers the story of the atomic spy who gave secrets away, and got away with it, too.

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Book SynopsisAfter the end of the Cold War, it seemed as if Southeast Asia would remain a geopolitically stable region within the American-led order for the foreseeable future. In the last two decades, however, the re-emergence of China as a major great power has called into question the geopolitical future of the region and raised the specter of renewed great power competition. As the eminent China scholar David Shambaugh explains in Where Great Powers Meet, the United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant area--and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine whether Asia leaves the American orbit after seven decades and falls into a new Chinese sphere of influence. Just as importantly, to the extent that there is a global power transition occurring from the US to China, the fate of Southeast Asia will be a good indicator. Presently, both powers bring important assets to bear in their competition. The United States continues to possess a depth and breadth of security ties, soft power, and direct investment across the region that empirically outweigh China''s. For its part, China has more diplomatic influence, much greater trade, and geographic proximity. In assessing the likelihood of a regional power transition, Shambaugh examines how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its member states maneuver and the degree to which they align with one or the other power.Trade ReviewDavid Shambaugh's Where Great Powers Meet is a fine contribution to a spate of recent books focusing on China, Southeast Asia, and the US. His work is arguably the most policy and foreign policy (narrowly defined) oriented. * David Bachman, University of Washington, Seattle, Pacific Affairs *The book provides food for thought for countries elsewhere as they manage relations with the two competing great powers while protecting their own national interests. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers. * Z. Zhu, Bucknell University, CHOICE *Shambaugh's book makes a very important contribution on this critical issue in Australia's neighbourhood... and should be required reading for all Asia-watchers. * John West, Australian Institute of International Affairs *What does great power rivalry mean? David Shambaugh provides an engaging and readable account of how the US-China competition is playing out in its Southeast Asian epicenter. One could not ask for a more thoughtful and experienced guide to this fraught relationship. * Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University and author of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump *This timely book on Southeast Asia by a leading American Asia specialist belongs on the desk of every senior US official involved with foreign policy and national security. As US-China rivalry intensifies, the strategic significance of Southeast Asia is also shooting upward. In recent decades the region's economic vibrancy and cooperative relationships have made it a global success story. Now its geographic location is assuming ever greater importance. This book explains why. Deeply researched, it is loaded with background information and astute assessments that should inform the thinking of all those concerned about the future role of the United States in a rapidly changing world. * J. Stapleton Roy, Wilson Center, former US ambassador to Singapore, China, and Indonesia *Distinguished China scholar David Shambaugh has produced a timely and well-conceived treatment of the battle for influence between the United States and China that is raging across Southeast Asia. With firsthand accounts and deep insights, he has provided a deeply incisive and troubling narrative of a struggle that too often tilts towards Beijing. Current, deeply relevant and powerfully presented, Shambaugh's book lands like a piece of ordnance in a firefight — with a big blast. A must read for anyone seeking to understand the contest for primacy playing out in Southeast Asia. * Hon. Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia & Pacific; Chairman & CEO of The Asia Group *Where Great Powers Meet is about the New Great Game — Sino-American competition in Southeast Asia. David Shambaugh has combined his deep understanding of China, experience in US government with his new immersion in ASEAN to produce a perceptive, balanced and comprehensive study on this dynamic rivalry. He has succinctly captured the nuances in the thinking and responses of the ASEAN states. This book is essential reading for those who wish to make sense of the changing geopolitics of Southeast Asia. * Hon. Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large and Chairperson, ISEAS- Yusof-Ishak Institute, Singapore *Blending historical context with an incisive analysis of current developments and policy prescriptions, David Shambaugh's new book should be read by anyone — from academia or the policy world — who seeks to understand Southeast Asia's crucial role in shaping US-China relations and the 21st century world order. * Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington, D.C. *An eye-opening survey of a volatile, crucially important region and a must-read for students of geopolitics. * Kirkus Reviews *Shambaugh's fresh eyes are reason enough to read Where Great Powers Meet, as they yield equally fresh observations and arguments. * The Asia Times *The authoritative empirical work comparing Chinese and American influence and weaknesses in the region. * Contemporary Southeast Asia *Table of ContentsDedication Preface Chapter 1: Sino-American Competition in Southeast Asia Chapter 2: China's Legacies in Southeast Asia Chapter 3: American Legacies in Southeast Asia Chapter 4: China's Contemporary Roles in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: America's Contemporary Roles in Southeast Asia Chapter 6: Navigating Between the Giants: ASEAN'S Agency Chapter 7: The Future of International Relations in Southeast Asia Index

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Book SynopsisA wartime report drawn heavily from personal interviews and wartime debriefings by agents.

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Book SynopsisIn his bestselling Station X, Michael Smith brought us the astonishing true story of the breaking of the Enigma Code. In The Emperor’s Codes, he continues the tale as he examines how Japan’s codes were broken and explores the consequences for the Second World War. The Emperor’s Codes tells the stories of John Tiltman, the eccentric British soldier turned codebreaker who made many of the early breaks into Japanese diplomatic and military codes; Eric Nave, the Australian sailor recruited to work for the British who pioneered breakthroughs in Japanese naval codes; and Hiroshi Oshima, the hard-drinking Japanese ambassador to Berlin whose candid reports to Tokyo of his conversations with Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis were a major source of intelligence in the war against Germany. Many of these revelations have been made possible only thanks to recently declassified British files, privileged access to Australian secret official histories and interviews with an unprecedented number of British, American and Australian codebreakers.

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Book SynopsisThe Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a conflict unlike any that had gone before it.At this time, no one in government was really aware of what MI5 and its brethren did. But with Churchill at the country’s helm, it was decided to let him in on the secret, providing him with a weekly report of the spy activities. These reports were so classified that he was handed each report personally and copies were never allowed to be made, nor was he allowed to keep hold of them. Even now, the documents only exist as physical copies deep in the archives, many pages annotated by hand by ‘W.S.C.’ himself.In Churchill’s Spy Files intelligence expert Nigel West unravels the tales of hitherto unknown spy missions, using this groundbreaking research to paint a fresh picture of the worldwide intelligence scene of the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCyber Persistence Theory is an important addition to our collective understanding of the dynamics of cyberspace and its implications for national security. It provides sound insight and excellent analysis on how we can meet the challenges of cyber in the hyper-connected, digitally driven world we find ourselves in today. Excellent work on a topic of increasing importance to all! * Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN (ret) former Commander, US Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency (2014-2018) *This timely new book is destined to go down as a major milestone in the development of new strategic thought for twenty-first century. With admirable clarity and powerful prose, the authors first dismantle the deterrence-focused paradigm that has so far guided US defense strategy in cyber space and then formulate a new organizing concept. Anyone interested in cyber security must come to terms with this new thinking. * Brad Roberts, Center for Global Security Research *Michael Fischerkeller, Emily Goldman, and Richard Harknett have once again made an incredibly valuable contribution to the development of American cyber policy and strategy through the writing of Cyber Persistence Theory. The authors push its readership to think beyond classical deterrence theory to new concepts for engaging and defeating undeterred adversaries in cyberspace. In short, this book argues the need for change and to take more risk to close an increasingly larger risk in our defense and national security as well as our public safety posture as American citizens To do so, the authors argue will require not only persistent engagement, but a 'whole-of-nation plus' effort. A must-read for both national and cyber security professionals! * Robert J. Butler, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy *Time will tell whether cyberspace operations can have coercive effect, but it is unambiguously true that to date, nations have used cyberspace mostly to gain advantage in competing with other nations. Understanding how they do so is a new challenge that scholars of international relations would do well to take on, and this book is a superb point of departure for them. * Herb Lin, Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University *This book helps to fill a crucial gap in strategic thinking about the fundamentals of cyberspace and sets out a clear course of action for the US government. It is a must-read for students, analysts and policymakers. * Max Smeets, Senior Researcher ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies, and author of No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle Develop a Military Cyber-Force *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by General Paul Nakasone Chapter 1: The Misapplied Nexus of Theory and Policy Chapter 2: The Structure of Strategic Environments Chapter 3: Cyber Behavior and Dynamics Chapter 4: Theory and the Empirical Record Chapter 5: Cyber Stability Chapter 6: The Cyber Aligned Nexus of Theory and Policy Chapter 7: United States Case Study Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBetween 1942 and 1944 a very small, very secret, very successful clandestine unit of the Royal Navy, operated between Dartmouth in Devon, and the Brittany Coast in France. It was a crossing of about 100 miles, every yard of it dangerous. The unit was called the 15th Motor Gunboat Flotilla: crewed by 125 officers and men, it became the most highly decorated Royal Naval unit of the Second World War.The 15th MGBF was an extraordinary group of men thrown together in the most secret of adventures. Very few were regular Royal Naval officers: instead the unit was made up of mostly Royal Naval Volunteer Officers and 'duration only' sailors. Their home was a converted paddle steamer and luxury yacht, but their work could not have been more serious. Their mission was to ferry agents of SIS and SOE to pinpoint landing sites on the Brittany coast in Occupied France. Once they had landed their agents, together with stores for the Resistance, they picked up evaders, escaped POWs who had had the good fortune to be collected by escape lines run by M19, as well as returning SIS and SOE agents.It is a story that is inextricably entwined with that of the many agents they were responsible for - Pierre Hentic, Yves Le Tac, Virginia Hall, Albert Hué, Jeannie Rousseau, Suzanne Warengham, François Mitterrand and Mathilde Carré, as well as many others. Without the Flotilla, such intelligence gathering networks as Jade Fitzroy and Alliance would never have developed, and SOE's VAR Line and MI9's Shelburne Escape Line would never have been realised. Drawing on a huge amount of research on both sides of the Channel, including private archives of many of the families involved, A Dangerous Enterprise brings the story of this most clandestine of operations brilliantly to life.

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering and judicious history of foreign intervention in elections should be read by everyone who wants to defend democracy now.' Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyThe definitive account of covert operations to influence elections from the Cold War to 2016 and why the threat is greater than ever in 2020.Russia''s interference in 2016 marked only the latest chapter of a hidden and revelatory history. In Rigged, David Shimer tells the sweeping story of covert electoral interference past and present. He exposes decades of secret operations by the CIA, the KGB, and Vladimir Putin''s Russia to shape electoral outcomes, melding deep historical research with groundbreaking interviews with more than 130 key players, from former CIA directors to a KGB general.What Americans should make of Russia''s attack in 2016 is still hotly debated, even after the release of the Mueller Report and years of media coverage. Shimer shows that Putin''s operation was, in fact, a continuation of an oTrade Review‘This pioneering and judicious history of foreign intervention in elections should be read by everyone who wants to defend democracy now.’Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny ‘As a CIA operations officer, I served through the most complicated periods of the Cold War. David Shimer's book Rigged gives a riveting account of that traumatic period. Shimer knows why and how we engaged in covert action, and what we were up against. He also knows the policies we must modify, if we are to succeed in the 2020s. This is a truly significant book; by all means, read it.’Ambassador Donald Gregg, Former CIA Station Chief and National Security Advisor to VP George H.W. Bush ‘With clear prose and rigorous argument, David Shimer helps us understand the historical backdrop of Russia’s ongoing electoral interference. It is a sobering story – and a timely reminder of the importance of addressing the vulnerabilities and dysfunctions on which resourceful adversaries like Putin will continue to prey.’Ambassador William J. Burns, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State ‘This is a brilliant, eye-opening, and riveting book. Shimer’s analysis of foreign interference in elections, historical and contemporary, is unmatched. It should be the baseline for any future discussions about this urgent threat to our democracy.’Jake Sullivan, Former Director of Policy Planning, State Department 'Election interference' by one country into another is a subject that inspires speculation and conspiracy theory. David Shimer's Rigged establishes the facts: when and why Russians and Americans have meddled in the politics of other countries – and of one another. Based on a wide range of sources, this book is an excellent resource for people who want to know what actually happened, and not just what was rumoured.Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History

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Book Synopsis***WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS'' ASSOCIATION ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION***''Meticulous and gripping - a thriller that disturbs for revelations about a singular act of murder, and the national security state which we call home'' Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetA groundbreaking examination of a terrifying murder and its aftermath by the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake.On 14 June 2006, police were called to 9 Downshire Hill in Hampstead. The owner, Allan Chappelow, was a writer and notorious recluse who had not been seen for several weeks. Inside the darkened house, officers found piles of rubbish, trees growing through the floor, and the body of Chappelow, battered to death, partially burned and buried under four feet of paper.The man eventually arrested on suspicion of his murder was a Chinese dissident named Wang Yam, who claimed to be the gTrade ReviewMeticulous and gripping – a thriller that disturbs for revelations about a singular act of murder, and the national security state which we call home. -- Philippe Sands, author of 'East West Street'A real-life procedural... which might have important implications for us all. -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *Blood on the Page is an In Cold Blood for our time – a brilliant and unflinching anatomy of a murder that is both brutal true crime and heartbreaking human tragedy. -- Tony ParsonsA fine and fascinating read, bolstered by exemplary research and nuanced insights. Absorbing. -- Tobias Jones * Observer *An absolute gem of a true-crime story ... The author's investigation, and his storytelling, are peerless. A superb book. * Evening Standard *

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Book SynopsisThe last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Bombings and assassinations shook the great cities of Europe and America, threatening social order. Fiendish networks of anarchist conspiritors were blamed and the public whipped into a frenzy of anxiety. The reality was rather different. These dramatic events were only the most visible part of a longer, clandestine struggle waged between the forces of revolution and reaction, in which little was as it seemed. Alex Butterworth interweaves group biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the age. Both intimate and panoramic, it is a story with uncanny resonances for today.Trade ReviewExhilarating...almost any paragraph packs more action than an entire Dan Brown novel * Financial Times *Butterworth has created an impressive work which will captivate those unfamiliar with anarchist history and teach even specialists much that they did not know before * Independent *Compelling and insightful... The World That Never Was is a compelling narrative history both of a generation of demonised and battered - but optimistic - revolutionaries...and of the political police forces ranged against them -- Stuart Christie * Guardian *A rich and passionate account of the world's first international terrorist campaign... Brilliant... A thrilling and important book * Sunday Times *One of the most absorbing depictions of the dark underside of radical politics in many years...a riveting account, teeming with intrigue and adventure and packed with the most astonishing characters * New Statesman *

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Book Synopsis___________''This excellent book demands the attention of anyone concerned about civil liberties in the United Kingdom'' Guardian1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry''s Bogside led to the deployment of British troops and a shortlived, uneasy truce. The British army soon found itself engaged in an undercover war against the Provisional IRA, which was to last for more than twenty years. In this enthralling and controversial book, Martin Dillon, author of the bestselling The Shankill Butchers, examines the roles played by the Provisional IRA, the State forces, the Irish Government and the British Army during this troubled period. He unravels the mystery of war in which informers, agents and double agents operate, revealing disturbing facts about the way in which the terrorists and the Intelligence Agencies target, undermine and penetrate each other''s ranks. The Trade ReviewThis excellent book demands the attention of anyone concerned about civil liberties in the United Kingdom * Guardian *Grippingly written with the pace of a thriller * Financial Times *Makes Cold War duplicity a la Deighton and Le Carre seem positively endearing * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisThe first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann - historian, journalist, intelligence agent - delving into her lives in 1920s Cambridge, Nazi-era Germany and Eastern Europe, and post-war European reconstruction in Italy and West Germany, as a female pioneer in the male-dominated spheres of journalism, government service, and academia.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Becoming a Journalist: From Cambridge to Berlin 2: Czechoslovakia and the Nazi 'Drang nach Osten' 3: Secret Agent in Wartime Switzerland 4: 'Dear Mr. Dulles': A Special Relationship 5: Starting Over in Postwar Europe 6: The Academic Life and After

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDoellgast finds that worker solidarity enhances worker power, leading to better working conditions, pay, job security, and well-being. Doellgast's work updates classic industrial relations to the broader concept of "employment relations." The goal is the same: to understand the changing world of work. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Theorizing exit, voice, and solidarity Chapter 2: Mapping exit, voice, and solidarity in the case studies Chapter 3: Downsizing Chapter 4: Performance management Chapter 5: Externalization: Outsourcing, agency work, and subsidiaries Chapter 6: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJames Lebovic's The False Promise of Superiority is a real breath of fresh air that makes a vital contribution to ongoing debates about nuclear strategy, especially the nature, meaning and significance of nuclear 'superiority.' Challenging approaches to nuclear strategy that rely on capabilities rather than intentions and real-world decision-making dynamics, Lebovic makes a compelling case that nuclear strategists and policy makers should focus on what potential adversaries are likely to do as opposed to what they can do. No one interested in the future of nuclear deterrence and strategy can afford to ignore this provocative and important book. * Keith Shimko, Purdue University *James Lebovic provides an unsparing examination of lessons learned and unlearned from debates about nuclear deterrence during the Cold War. More importantly, he demonstrates why these debates are relevant today as the United States struggles to deal with the nuclear challenges posed by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. At a time when most analyses of nuclear deterrence and strategic stability focus on the impact of emerging technologies, Lebovic focuses on the underlying logic of how deterrence works and makes a strong case that capabilities matter much less than commonly supposed. His analysis is a useful antidote to the current fascination with how artificial intelligence, hypersonic missiles, and cyber weapons will revolutionize deterrence. * Gregory Koblentz, Associate Professor and director of the Biodefense Graduate Program, George Mason University *The False Promise of Superiority is an important book that reminds readers how the faulty logics and irrationalities of the Cold War era continue to haunt the present. * Choice *Table of ContentsConcepts and Arguments Chapter 1: The United States and Nuclear Deterrence after the Cold War SECTION I: Assessing Nuclear Capability: The History and Implications of Alleged Nuclear Advantages Chapter 2: The Cold War Nuclear Force Balance: The Challenge and Promise of Asymmetry Chapter 3: Nuclear "Superiority" after the Cold War SECTION II: Coercive Tactics: Boosting Credibility to Signal a US Willingness to Act on the US "Nuclear Advantage" Chapter 4: Commitment Chapter 5: Risk Manipulation Chapter 6: Resolve and Reputation SECTION III: Case Studies Chapter 7: When Tactics Consume Strategy: Decision Making in the Cuban Missile Crisis Chapter 8: When Red Lines Consume Debate: Thwarting Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Conclusions Chapter 9: The Case for Nuclear Superiority: Assessing What We Know (and Do Not Know) about Nuclear Deterrence Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDisrupt and Deny is the untold story behind Britain''s secret scheming against both enemies and friends from 1945 to the present day. British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in Albania, blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to Israel, and secretly funnelled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan and dissidents in Poland. MI6 has launched cultural and economic warfare against Iceland and Czechoslovakia. It has tried to instigate coups in Congo, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and elsewhere. Through bribery and blackmail, Britain has rigged elections as colonies moved to independence. Britain has fought secret wars in Yemen, Indonesia, and Oman - and discreetly used Special Forces to eliminate enemies from colonial Malaya to Libya during the Arab Spring. This is covert action: a vital, though controversial, tool of statecraft and perhaps the most sensitive of all government activity. If used wisely, it can play an important role in pursuing national interests in a dangerous world. If used poorly, it can cause political scandal - or worse. In Disrupt and Deny, Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain''s secret scheming against its enemies, as well as its friends; of intrigue and manoeuvring within the darkest corridors of Whitehall, where officials fought to maintain control of this most sensitive and seductive work; and, above all, of Britain''s attempt to use smoke and mirrors to mask decline. He reveals hitherto secret operations, the slush funds that paid for them, and the battles in Whitehall that shaped them.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Revelatory and meticulously researched. Rory Cormac moves in the forensic footsteps of Peter Hennessy, patiently sleuthing his way through forgotten archives and private papers, finding disturbing documents that Whitehall civil servants hoped had long been buried. Half a century after we began to learn about SOE and Bletchley Park, there are still surprises. * Richard Aldrich, The Times Literary Supplement *A welcome and most timely book [which] provides plenty of evidence to show why it is time [that policy makers and spy chiefs] absence of accountability and freedom to break the law with impunity must end. * Richard Norton-Taylor, Literary Review *A work of outstanding scholarly originality. * Richard Davenport-Hines, Times Literary Supplement *Disrupt and Deny is a bold study of the postwar history of British covert action [and] Cormac attacks the subject with impressive energy and industry. The result is an engrossing journey through the history of a stubbornly opaque area of the secret world. * Huw Dylan, BBC History Magazine *A ground-breaking book ... It reads like a thriller and shines valuable light on how Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, M16, has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe. * Francis Ghiles, ES Global *This excellent book relies on a high amount of archival material and represents the first detailed history of British covert action. * Lucy Trenta, Intelligence and National Security *An enthralling, well-written and authoritative history of Britain's role in covert operations from the Second World War to the present day. * Geraint Hughes, International Affairs *An important book about an important subject Disrupt and Deny should be read by anyone, citizens, scholars or those in government interested in Britain's place in the world, past and present. * Calder Walton, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *A pioneering and highly readable book uncovering how Britain secretly used spies and special forces to stem national decline. * Professor Michael Goodman, King's College, London *Rory Cormac is one of the brightest rising stars in the expanding firmament of Intelligence Studies. Here he takes on one of the most difficult of research endeavors: probing the ins-and-outs of covert action as practiced by the British. He comes up with a balanced assessment written in lovely prose that is a pleasure to read. This book is a valuable dissection of an important topic that few have had the audacity to address. * Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia *This is a ground-breaking book--the first history of British covert action ever published, from wartime SOE to new and unacknowledged adventures in Syria." * Richard J. Aldrich, University of Warwick and author of GCHQ:The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Covert Action Part I - Cold War 1: False Starts: From Counter Attack to Liberation 2: Operation Valuable: Defending Greece; Detaching Albania 3: Pinpricks: The Early Cold War 4: A Long Game: Exploiting Rifts Behind the Iron Curtain Part II - End of Empire 5: Operations Boot: Regime Change in Iran 6: Expansion: Covert Action Before Suez 7: Interdependence: Covert Action After Suez 8: Decolonisation and Drift: The Battle for Influence after Empire 9: Militarisation: Secret Wars in Yemen and Indonesia Part III - Age of Illusions 10: Operation Storm and Beyond: From Latin America to Oman 11: Troubles: Covert Action in Northern Ireland 12: Containment: The Second Cold War 13: Transition: The New Agenda 14: Counter-Terrorism: Disrupting Threats; Managing Risk Conclusion: The British Way Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe question of how far a state should authorise its agents to go in seeking and using secret intelligence is one of the big unresolved issues of public policy for democracies today. The tension between security and privacy sits at the heart of broader debates concerning the relationship between the citizen and the state. The public needs-and wants-protection from the very serious threats posed by domestic and international terrorism, from serious criminality, to be safe in using cyberspace, and to have active foreign and aid policies to help resolve outstanding international problems. Secret intelligence is widely accepted to be essential to these tasks, and to be a legitimate function of the nation state, yet the historical record is that it also can pose significant ethical risks.Principled Spying lays out a framework for thinking about public policy in this area by clarifying the relationship between ethics and intelligence, both human and technical. In this book, intelligence expeTrade ReviewThis is a work of the highest seriousness. It is a teasing out, in Platonic dialogue form, of what ethical spine a spy should in a democracy, must have. * John Lloyd, Financial Times *Omand brings to the subject mature experience, deep thought and high seriousness. It is difficult to imagine anyone better qualified. * Rodric Braithwaite, Survival *A provocative work by an intelligence mandarin and senior scholar, both committed to ethical discourse and principles. * Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, author of We Know All about You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Why Ethics Matters in Secret Intelligence 1: Thinking About the Ethical Conduct of Secret Intelligence 2: Ethics, Intelligence and the Law 3: From Just War to Just Intelligence? 4: Secret Agents and Covert Human Sources 5: Digital Intelligence and Cyberspace 6: The Ethics of Using Intelligence 7: Building Confidence Through Oversight and Accountability Conclusion: Towards a Safe and Sound Future Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisVenice''s Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world''s earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the inception of SIS and the CIA, in the period of the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice had masterminded a remarkable centrally-organised state intelligence organisation that played a pivotal role in the defence of the Venetian empire. Housed in the imposing Doge''s Palace and under the direction of the Council of Ten, the notorious governmental committee that acted as Venice''s spy chiefs, this ''proto-modern'' organisation served prominent intelligence functions including operations (intelligence and covert action), analysis, cryptography and steganography, cryptanalysis, and even the development of lethal substances. Official informants and amateur spies were shipped across Europe, Anatolia, and Northern Africa, conducting Venice''s stealthy intelligence operations. Revealing a plethora of secrets, their keepers, and their seekers, Venice''s Secret Service explores the social and managerial processes that enabled their existence and that furnished the foundation for an extraordinary intelligence organisation created by one of the early modern world''s most cosmopolitan states.Trade ReviewThis book includes many of the kinds of stories one hopes to find in a history of espionage: state-ordered poisonings; letter interceptions and invisible ink ... This is an intriguing twist on recent works. * Rosa Salzberg, Jahrbuch für Kommunikationsgeschichte *I found much to admire in this work, and I expect I will find myself returning to it repeatedly. Iordanou has done a great service to the field in parsing the complexity of the Venetian intelligence system. * Eric R. Dursteler, Journal of Modern History *This is a book that will fascinate anyone interested in intelligence services, the history of information management, the development of cryptography, or the history of Venice. * Professor Tom Wilson, Information Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Venice and Venetian Intelligence in the European Panorama 2: State Secrecy, a Venetian Virtue 3: Renaissance Venice's Intelligence Organisation 4: Venice's Department of Cryptology 5: Venice's Secret Agents 6: Extraordinary Measures Epilogue: Venice's Secret Service: An Evaluation

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“‘Intelligence histories are curious things,’ writes Graziano, and his brilliant, highly original book is no exception. In colorful detail and with sharp insight, Graziano shows how the US intelligence community waged the Cold War with innovative but misleading academic theories about world religions. This superb book is a must-read for scholars of American religion and foreign relations alike.” * Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy *“US intelligence agents in the Cold War thought they knew what religion was, how it worked, and how to manipulate it for national security goals. But their methods were grounded in an American religious exceptionalism that often left them flat-footed and unprepared. In this engaging and deftly written book, Graziano illuminates the fallibility of expertise, the role of religious studies in the security state, and the changing place of religion in American life.” * Tisa Wenger, author of Religious Freedom: The Contested History of an American Ideal *“Fascinating. . . The story that emerges shows how dangerous religion can be when it is weaponized by powerful people who don’t truly understand it.” * The Christian Century *"Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors notes how this close-knit relationship between psychology, theology and espionage in the US dates back to 1942: when President Franklin Roosevelt formed the Office of Strategic Services. . . . Its blind spot was an assumption religion could be used to unify one global culture with a single value system. Graziano says this messianic idea fits well with American exceptionalism: a delusional belief the US is an empire of liberty that has a moral responsibility to export democracy and freedom." * The Independent *"[A] sophisticated, fascinating and well-written application of scholarship to practical matters of state." * Survival *“Fascinating. . . The story that emerges shows how dangerous religion can be when it is weaponized by powerful people who don’t truly understand it.” * The Christian Century *"Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors provides a compelling and important glimpse into the intelligence community and its use of religion during war-time eras... Graziano guides the reader through a brief history of the interactions that the intelligence community had with various religions, notably those that they perceived to be either threatening or useful to their specific war-time agendas." * Reading Religion *"Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors raises a vital question in both academic and intelligence circles: what exactly is religion? ... By showing the limitations of the religious approach in intelligence, Graziano provides a caution to scholars of religion." * American Religion *"Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors creatively pairs American intelligence services with the academic study of religion, in order to show how these disparate worlds reinforced one another’s static understandings of religion. Graziano deftly narrates how the twentieth-century imagining of “religion”—by scholars and CIA agents alike—blinded both groups to historical and political realities." * Journal of Church and State *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Charting the Wilderness 1 American Spies and American Catholics 2 Refining the Religious Approach 3 The Great Jihad of Freedom 4 On Caring What It Is 5 Baptizing Vietnam 6 Counterinsurgency and the Study of World Religions 7 Iran and Revolutionary Thinking Conclusion: A New Wilderness Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWith new chapters covering Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and Argo, this critically acclaimed book interrogates the nature and extent of the CIA’s influence on film and television.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Rogues, Assassins, and Buffoons: Representations of the CIA in Film and Television Chapter Two. Opening the Doors: Why and How the CIA Works with Hollywood Chapter Three. Necessary and Competent: The CIA in The Agency and In the Company of Spies Chapter Four. The Chase Brandon Years Chapter Five. The Legal and Ethical Implications of the CIA in Hollywood Chapter Six. The Last People We Want in Hollywood: The Retired CIA Officer and the Hollywood Docudrama Chapter Seven. Argo’s Tony Mendez: The First Retiree the CIA Wants in Hollywood Chapter Eight. Relaxing the Rules: Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and the Move toward Nuance Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own wordsTrade Review“In a book devoted to heroism in its true, self-effacing form, that modesty seems entirely appropriate, and is a tribute both to Ree and to the son who put it together.”—Andrew Holgate, The Sunday Times “The way in which ordinary people are tested by extraordinary times is vividly illuminated in this first-person account.”—History Revealed “[A] striking memoir”—William Boyd, New Statesman “[T]his important collection of memoirs, letters and broadcasts…touches on tragedy and treachery with great sensitivity and reveals a quiet heroism.”—Victoria Marston, Country Life "[A] fantastic read"—Paul Ross, Talksport “[A] poignant account of friendship in times of difficulty, betrayal, selflessness and bravery”—Helen Tovey & Rachel Bellerby, Family Tree Magazine “Harry Rée, teacher, pacifist, defender of liberty, was a great man, dear to his family and friends, a hugely respected educationist, and a quiet hero. This important book is long overdue. Read it and be inspired by a life well and bravely lived.”—Michael Morpurgo “This is the real thing. As an account The Schoolmaster’s War scores highly in terms of detail and reliability. It lacks any sense of myth making, concealment or boasting — qualities quite common in many SOE memoirs.”—Sebastian Faulks ‘‘A fascinating story, not just of spectacular shootouts, parachute drops, and derring-do but of day to day living behind the lines as an Englishman who had literally dropped out of the sky. Harry Rée does not duck away from the harsh reality of the war and the personal tragedy of many of the French people he worked with - those who befriended him, fed him, sheltered him, risked death, arrest and torture for him.… Possibly one of the last of these stories of the like we will never see again.”— Keggie Carew, author of Dadland “A beautiful collection of writings by schoolmaster-turned-secret agent Harry Rée … Memoirs, postwar broadcasts and letters from French comrades combine to paint a picture of everyday heroism, treachery and tragedy.”—Robert Gildea, author of Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance “Terrific in the detail and the authenticity, the humanity and the immediacy. The fear and dread mixed with the holiday spirit is remarkable.”—Nick Rankin, author of Churchill’s Wizards

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Book SynopsisSimon Winder is the author of The Man Who Saved Britain and the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Germania. He works in publishing and lives in Wandsworth Town.Trade ReviewOne of the oddest books I have ever read . . . a very funny writer, as well as an incisive one * Evening Standard *A superb book -- Andrew Roberts * Wall Street Journal *Witty and intelligent * Financial Times *A splenetic turn of phrase that’s read-aloud funny * Independent on Sunday *Almost insanely entertaining * Daily Telegraph *A more entertaining tour of 007, and the period associations that get sucked into Winder’s great comic intelligence, is hard to imagine * London Review of Books *Diversions for the general reader and delights for the Bond enthusiast * Sunday Times *A delightfully quirky, immediately engaging book * Scotland on Sunday *An entertaining romp through the literary and cinematic heartland of James Bond country * Sunday Times *A hilarious blend of cultural history, biography and memoir * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisWinner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction''Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic'' Evening Standard''In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism'' The Times''Spectacular ... makes Bourne movies pale in comparison'' Financial TimesFrom the Pulitzer Prize winning of the acclaimed Ghost Wars, this is the full story of America''s grim involvement in the affairs of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016. In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to work out how to destroy Bin Laden and his associates. The C.I.A. had long familiarity with Afghanistan and had worked closely with the Taliban to defeat the Soviet Union there. A tangle of assumptions, old contacts, favours and animosities were now reactivated. Superficially the invasion was quick and efficient, but Bin Laden''s successful escape, togetTrade ReviewEvery assertion is carefully sourced and checked. This book is in the finest traditions of American investigative journalism. Coll is the thinking man's Michael Wolff. -- Sherard Cowper-Coles * The Times *A masterful and entertaining account ... the story is delivered with a literary prowess that has been absent in previous western accounts of America's longest running war -- Rafia Zakaria * Guardian *Spectacular ... Directorate S has a cast of characters that makes Bourne movies pale in comparison -- Demetri Sevastopulo * Financial Times *Impressively detailed, stylishly crafted and authoritative... as gloomy as it is compelling * Economist *

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Book SynopsisTrue crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in MexicoTrade Review'An impressive piece of sleuthing. Mckenzie's dogged search for answers shines a spotlight on AIFLD with its CIA links.' -- Anthony Carew, author of 'American Labour's Cold War Abroad: From Deep Freeze to Detente''An in-depth study of the rot existing within the foreign policy leadership of the AFL-CIO. Expunging this rot is essential to the revitalization of the US labor movement' -- Kim Scipes, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University NorthwestTable of ContentsList of Photographs Series Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue PART I U.S. LABOR’S COLD WAR IN LATIN AMERICA 1. The Birth of AIFLD and the Coup in British Guiana 2. Labor’s Foreign Policy Contested and the Military Takeover in Brazil 3. AIFLD and the Battle of Chile 4. El Salvador, Nicaragua, and AIFLD’s Agenda for Central America PART II EL GOLPE 5. Mexico in the 1980s 6. U.S. Auto Companies Move South 7. The Coup 8. The Strike PART III TRACKING THE ASSASSINS 9. Detroit 10. St. Paul 11. Washington, DC Conclusion: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle Appendix: On the Home “Front” Photographs Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFor more than 50 years, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been central to the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as a broker between the realms of the spy and the policy-maker. This title presents a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain's policy response to key 20th century events.

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Book SynopsisThe spies had come without warning. They plied their craft silently, stealing secrets from the world''s most powerful military. They were at work months before anyone noticed their presence. And when American officials finally detected the thieves, they saw it was too late. The damage was done . . .It could have been the plot of a Tom Clancy thriller: Chinese hackers break into American defence contractors and steal the plans for a new multi-billion dollar fighter jet. In fact, it is just one dispatch from the frontline of a new form of warfare.Our wars are increasingly being fought online. GCHQ and the NSA gather vast amounts of information from the internet - and do so with the complicity of companies like Google and Facebook. The American military fields teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus attacks against enemy targets. And with the majority of civil infrastructure - things like nuclear power stations, hospitals, airports and banking sysTrade ReviewChilling . . . extraordinary and urgent - Washington Post@War is a tour de force of reporting on the past, present, and future of cyber-conflict. It will be required reading both in the Pentagon and among the army of Chinese cyber spies now assaulting American businesses. Hackers, policy makers, and others will find this book both intriguing and alarming; not to mention very well written - Peter Bergen, author of ManhuntA deep dive into the world of cyberwar and cyberwarriors - LA Times

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Book SynopsisNow in itsSeventh Edition, Robert M. Clark'sIntelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approachonce again delivers a consistent, clear method for teaching intelligence analysis, demonstrating how a collaborative, target-centric approach leads to sharper and more effective analysis. In addition to looking at the intelligence cycle, collection, managing analysis, and dealing with intelligence customers, the author also examines key advances and emerging fields like prescriptive intelligence. Through features like end-of-chapter questions to spark classroom discussion, this text combines apractical approach to modeling with an insider perspective to serve as an ideal and insightful resource for students as well as practitioners.Table of ContentsPart I. The Process, the Participants, and the Product Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Intelligence in the Age of Contested Norms and Persistent Disorder Chapter 3. The Intelligence Process Chapter 4. The Customer Chapter 5. The Analyst Chapter 6. The Analytic Network Chapter 7. The Intelligence Product Part II. The Analysis Process Chapter 8. The Intelligence Issue Chapter 9. Target Models Chapter 10. The Target Framework Chapter 11. Analyzing Existing Intelligence Chapter 12. The Information Sources: Filling Gaps Chapter 13. Denial, Deception, and Signaling Chapter 14. Gaining Customer Acceptance Part III. Anticipatory Intelligence Chapter 15. Anticipatory Analysis: Forces Chapter 16. Anticipatory Analysis: Methodology Chapter 17. Outcome Scenarios Chapter 18. Systems Modeling and Analysis Chapter 19. Relationship Modeling and Analysis Chapter 20. Geospatial Modeling and Analysis Chapter 21. Simulation Modeling Chapter 22. Prescriptive Intelligence Chapter 23. Case Study: A Tale of Two NIEs

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Book SynopsisDescribed by a former senior Intelligence official as a long-term thorn in the side of the intelligence establishment', Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his forty-year career as a journalist covering the world of spies and their masters in Whitehall.Early in his career, Norton-Taylor successfully campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a reputation inside the Whitehall establishment and the outside world alike for his relentless determination to expose wrongdoing and incompetence. His special targets have always been the security and intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Defence, institutions that often hide behind the cloak of national security to protect themselves from embarrassment and accountability. Encouraged by his trusted contacts in intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments, Norton-Taylor was among the first of the few journalists to consistently attack the planned invasion of Iraq in 2003, and subsequently covered the devastating evidencTrade ReviewAn entertaining and timely book, written by a fine reporter who has made a habit of speaking unwelcome truth to power. * The Observer *Fans of Norton-Taylor’s reporting will enjoy The State of Secrecy, which reprises and updates his admirably determined efforts on these and other topics. Vivid vignettes depict the blunders and quirks of the secret world. He excoriates attempts to suborn friendly journalists with thrills and scoops, and to smear or bully those who write “unhelpful” articles. * Financial Times *A lifetime of experience in why, when and how officials prevaricate or lie has trained [Norton-Taylor] to make proper use of an investigative journalist’s best source: the leak. * London Review of Books *When it comes to matters of defence and security Norton-Taylor is probably Britain’s most perceptive, persistent and best informed commentator … He has succeeded (in exposing the mindset which encourages the fetishisation of official secrecy) brilliantly. * The Irish Times *Readable, well-structured ... [A] well-timed book. * Standpoint Magazine *Lively and revealing. * CHOICE *A hugely welcome contribution from Richard Norton-Taylor … providing a richly informed discussion of the relationship between the British security system and the press. * openDemocracy *In a finely written memoir that every student and observer of British politics and journalism must read, Norton-Taylor rightly identifies secrecy as the British disease which stifles and undermines democracy in this country. It's a classic of telling truth to power from a formidable journalist of real integrity. Uniquely, among British journalists, Norton-Taylor had access to sources at the highest levels of the civil service and the intelligence services but didn't fall for their blandishments and lies. Often faced with deliberate official obstruction and, sometimes, employer indifference, he doggedly pursued stories when the media circus had moved on. In forensic detail and with controlled anger Norton-Taylor revisits the stories, scandals and events which have now drifted back into history but which illustrate the enduring power of secrecy to deny citizens access to truth. * Dr Stephen Dorril, author of MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Heroes and Hacks 2. Poachers and Gamekeepers 3. City of Myths and Contradictions 4. Culture and Language of Secrecy 5. Secrecy Obsessed 6. History is an Official Secret 7. Spies - 1 8. Spies - 2 9. Provoking Terror 10. Chilcot Redux 11. Defending the Past 12. Defending the Future

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Book SynopsisNew trade paperback - The Ghosts of Langley is the story of spymasters, their minions, and the ways in which the Central Intelligence Agency changed the world we see. This is a story of determined men and women who believed in their mission, followed White House orders, and sometimes made them up.Trade Review‘A riveting highlight reel of the CIA’s greatest hits – and misses’ -- TIM WEINER, author of LEGACY OF ASHES‘Every CIA officer should read John Prados’ -- KAI BIRD, author of THE GOOD SPY‘A detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals’ -- THE WASHINGTON POST

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Book SynopsisNew in paperback - True story of Englishman allegedly freed from a French prison after meeting John Amery, the treacherous son of a Cabinet minister, and sent back to Britain to spy - only to be caught, prosecuted and hanged for being a traitor to his country. But this 'spy' always claimed to have simply lied to come home. Was he telling the truth?Trade Review'A model of assiduous research. No stone left unturned to reach the truth about a squalid, but not unimportant, case of wartime treachery and disloyalty, mixed in with very human frailty and tragic misjudgement.' -- Nigel West

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Book SynopsisAn astonishing examination of previously celebrated spies.

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Book Synopsis________________________________''Putin [and] his friends ... are gangsters on a scale that makes Al Capone or the Corleones seem small-time ... Lucas is right to castigate our folly in treating all this so lightly.'' - Max Hastings, Sunday Times''This important book is a sequel to the author''s last indictment of the Putin regime, The New Cold War, which came out four years ago. Deception is, if anything, even more devastating.'' - Standpoint''Urgent and heartfelt.'' - The Times_____________________________________From the capture of Sidney Reilly, the ''Ace of Spies'', by Lenin''s Bolsheviks in 1925, to the deportation from the USA of Anna Chapman, the ''Redhead under the Bed'', in 2010, Kremlin and Western spymasters have battled for supremacy for nearly a century.In Deception Edward Lucas uncovers the real story of Chapman and her colleagues in Britain and America, unveiling their clandestine missions and the spy-hunt tTrade ReviewEntertaining and informative ... In the fascinating chapters about the voluptuous Anna Chapman, who was expelled from the US two years ago together with nine other exposed Russian spies, we learn much that is new, especially about her life in London. Lucas contrasts our complacency and delusion with Russia's ruthless ingenuity. * Mail on Sunday *Putin [and] his friends ... are gangsters on a scale that makes Al Capone or the Corleones seem small-time ... Lucas is right to castigate our folly in treating all this so lightly. * Max Hastings, Sunday Times *Well-researched, engaging, and eerie. * Publishers’ Weekly *This important book is a sequel to the author's last indictment of the Putin regime, The New Cold War, which came out four years ago. Deception is, if anything, even more devastating. * Standpoint *Urgent and heartfelt. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisRevised and updated with a new preface on the Crimean crisis______________________________________''An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin''s Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance'' - Sunday Times''Highly informed, crisply written and alarming ... Wise up and stick together is the concluding message in Lucas''s outstanding book'' - Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard______________________________________ While most of the world was lauding the stability and economic growth that Vladimir Putin's ex-KGB regime had brought to Russia, Edward Lucas was ringing alarm bells. First published in 2008 and since revised, The New Cold War remains the most insightful and informative account of Russia today. It depicts the regime's crushing of independent institutions and silencing of critics, taking Russia far away from the European mainstream. It highlights the Kremlin's use of the enerTrade ReviewSome dismissed this book as scaremongering. They should re-read it now * Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland *Essential reading * Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag *‘Highly informed, crisply written and alarming ... Wise up and stick together is the concluding message in Lucas's outstanding book' * Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard *‘An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin's Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance' * Sunday Times *‘Perceptive and accurate ... the KGB regime is attempting to restore the Soviet Empire' * Vladimir Bukovsky, former Soviet dissident *‘If you need a convincing argument for a joined-up EU foreign policy, look no further' * Angus Macqueen, Guardian *

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Book Synopsis''Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined'' New York Times''Move over 007, Bourne is back'' Daily MirrorJason Bourne takes a mission to rescue his only friend in the CIA, Martin Lindros, who disappeared in Africa while tracking shipments of yellowcake uranium. Once safely back in America, Lindros persuades Bourne to help track the money trail of terrorists buying the nuclear material. Bourne agrees - but soon suffers from confusing flashbacks of unfamiliar places and events. Is someone brainwashing him in order to throw him off the trail? Worse still, is the man he saved really Martin Lindros? Now Bourne is on his own - gathering evidence, while trying to stay one step ahead of the terrorists who are determined to destroy the USA...Trade ReviewTerrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *Huge in scope... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Slickly paced ... all-consuming * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Move over 007, Bourne is back * DAILY MIRROR *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisAn ancient bomber conceals a devastating secret - a stunning Covert-One thriller from the master storyteller.On a desolate island deep within the Arctic, a scientific expedition photographs the wreckage of a bomber. It seems to be a relic from the Cold War - but a handful of insiders know that it is a Soviet Air Force biological warfare platform, still armed with weaponised anthrax.Covert-One''s Lt. Col. Jon Smith leads a team to secure the site. But on the island they find themselves confronted with a traitor from within their ranks. Gradually they become aware that the ancient bomber conceals something else: a secret so deadly that it could trigger a Third World War...

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Book SynopsisMeet some of the women whose bravery saved Britain in the Second World War

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Book SynopsisâOne of the great classics of espionage and special operationsâ (Nigel West) by 'the pre-eminent historian of SOE' (Antony Beevor).Trade Review‘It is impossible to imagine M. R. D. Foot’s position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged.’ -- Antony Beevor

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Book SynopsisThe untold story of the female British secret agent forgotten by history.

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Book SynopsisA new perspective on the D-Day landings with the heroic stories of a number of agents sent into Nazi Occupied Europe.

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Book SynopsisWhen intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state.

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Book SynopsisTHE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB ''illegals'' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead.The CIA''s revelation to MI5 in 1960 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the world-leading submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security by a British man and his mistress. But the couple were tailed by MI5 ''watchers'' to a covert meeting with a Canadian businessman, Gordon Lonsdale. The unsuspecting Lonsdale in turn led MI5''s spycatchers to an innocent-looking couple in suburban Ruislip called the Krogers.But within weeks the CIA rang the alarm - their critical source of intelligence was to defect within hours - and MI5 was forced to act immediately. The Krogers were exposed as two of the most important Russian ''illegals'' ever, wTrade ReviewThe definitive account of the famous Portland Spies - fascinating, detailed and completely gripping -- Richard J Aldrich, author GCHQI read DEAD DOUBLES with admiration...fascinating and meticulous...Using all available American, British and Russian sources, Trevor Barnes has produced a remarkable book -- Harvey Klehr, co-author SPIES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE KGB IN AMERICAA highly readable account of a classic Cold War MI5 investigation. Assiduously researched and a real page-turner -- Nigel West, author of MI5 and THE ILLEGALSExcellent and riveting, with a cast of characters as engaging as in any novel. Former KGB officer Vladimir Putin's modern-day Russia employs the same espionage methods now against the West. The themes of Dead Doubles - deception, betrayal, blackmail, chemical and biological weapons, atomic secrets, international rivalry - are as topical today as in the 1960s -- John Sipher, Former Head CIA Russian Operations and CIA Station Chief in Asia and EuropeA gripping and brilliantly researched history of the rise and fall of the Portland Spy Ring, which reveals much about the operations and personnel of Russian, British and American intelligence at the height of the Cold War -- Christopher Andrew, author of DEFENCE OF THE REALM and THE SECRET WORLDAn enthralling account of one of the last great spy mysteries of the 20th Century - I loved it -- John Preston, author of A VERY ENGLISH SCANDALDead Doubles will keep readers on the edge of their seats, turning its pages like a delicious spy novel. Its pace and wide scope of research take us into a hidden corner of Cold War England in the early 1960s -- Katherine Sibley, author of FIRST LADY FLORENCE HARDING and RED SPIES IN AMERICAReads like a le Carré thriller - only true. Rich in detail. A must read -- Ray Batvinis, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent of Counterintelligence and author of Hoover's Secret War Against Axis SpiesA rare combination of thrilling story and carefully documented history, the writing has a remarkable "you are there" quality that transports the reader back to the height of the Cold War -- Nicholas Reynolds, former CIA Officer and author of NYT bestseller WRITER, SAILOR, SOLDIER, SPYAn exemplary work of historical scholarship that is also highly entertaining, Dead Doubles is the definitive history of the Portland spy ring -- John Earl Haynes, co-author of EARLY COLD WAR SPIESGordon Lonsdale was a classic KGB illegal resident who never gave up his true name, background, or his agents' identity after his arrest and imprisonment, before he was exchanged for Greville Wynne. Even his memoirs, ghosted by Kim Philby, didn't answer these questions. But Trevor Barnes sets the record straight in his new book based on archival MI5 records and Russian sources. It is well written, thoroughly documented, and a most valuable contribution to the intelligence literature -- Hayden B Peake, Colonel, Military Intelligence, USA, Ret.Even better than any spy novel -- Matt Chorley * TIMES RADIO *Fact outdoes fiction in this fascinating, revealing and gripping account of how MI5 tracked down the infamous Portland Spy ring, from the first clue to their arrest in 1961 * CHOICE *Winston Churchill once wrote of the world of espionage that 'the actual facts of many cases were in every respect equal to the most fantastic inventions of romance and melodrama'. His words could certainly be applied to the Portland Spy Ring, memorably recounted here by Trevor Barnes. After the CIA told MI5 in 1960 someone was stealing secretsfrom the submarine research base at Portland, Dorset, the information led to extraordinary revelations. Unlikely spies were living in suburban Ruislip and, under false identities stolen from the dead, a circle of deep-cover KGB agents was operating in Britain -- Nick Rennison * DAILY MAIL *

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