An edition of The secret state
(2017)
The secret state
a history of intelligence and espionage
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
by John Hughes-Wilson
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A history of intelligence from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age.
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The secret state: a history of intelligence and espionage
2017, Pegasus Books
in English
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents
Part One: Setting the scene
A little history
Part Two
On intelligence
Part Three
How intelligence works: the intelligence cycle
On direction: "What exactly is your intelligence requirement, Minister?"
On collection
Part Four: On HUMINT and spies
Money: the Walker family's unusual business
Ideology. Cambridge's famous Five ; Where ideology and ego mix: Ana Montes ; The one who got away: Melita Norwood
Compromise/coercion. John Vassall ; Clinton and Pollard ; Joe Cahill
Ego: Robert Hanssen
The grievance: Penkovsky
HUMINT in action: Werther and the Battle of Kursk
On interrogation
How Soviet HUMINT changed the world
Part Five: Technology takes over
On SIGINT
the triumph of SIGINT: Midway
On surveillance
On technical intelligence
Photographic reconnaissance
Photographic reconnaissance in action: the Cuban missile crisis
On satellites
Part Six: Information into intelligence
On collation: Vietnam and Tet offensive
On interpretations: Yom Kippur
Telling the user: Barbarossa and Stalin
On dissemination: Pearl Harbor
Part Seven: On security
One who slipped through the net: Aldrich Hazen Ames
The Avner Smit case
The inadequate: Bradley Manning
WikiLeaks and the appalling Assange
Snowden, security and the surveillance state
Strategic security: insecure from top to bottom: Singapore, 1941-2
Part Eight: On deception. D-Day
Part Nine: On terror
On terrorism
Islam and the war on terror
The greatest atrocity: 9/11 and the attack on the World Trade Center
Part Ten: On intelligence fiascos
The Son Tây raid
Operation Eagle Claw
Blair's dodgy dossier, Iraq 2003
Part Eleven: New horizons, new horrors?
On cyberwar: when is a war not a war?
Part Twelve: A dangerous trade
The secret war for ELINT
USS Pueblo
The attack on USS Liberty: with friends like this, who needs enemies?
Disaster at Forward Operating Base Chapman
Will it get any better?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-488) and index.
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