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Why spy ? : the art of intelligence
Published 2020 by Hust & Company, London
ISBN 9781787383357
Bib Id 2401791
Copyright 2015
Edition Paperback edition.
Description xx, 216 pages ; 22 cm
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9781787383357 (paperback) $19.95
1787383350
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327.12 S
Title
Why spy ? : the art of intelligence
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Paperback edition.
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2020 by Hust & Company, London :
Copyright Date
©2015
Description
xx, 216 pages ; 22 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
Contents
Three Asian cases. The Malayan emergency : an intelligence success story ; Vietnam : a can of worms ; Chinese affairs -- The machinery and methodology of intelligence. The organisation and machinery of intelligence ; Types of intelligence collection methods ; Assessment : problems and common fallacies ; Moral dilemmas -- Famous cases of intelligence in practice. Pearl Harbor ; Cuba : the Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis ; Iraq : the intelligence imbroglio and the Butler review -- Non-information gathering intelligence operations. Special operations ; Deception operations ; Assassination.
Summary
With practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad, Stewart examines successes and failures via case studies, considers the limitations and usefulness of the intelligence product, and warns against the tendency to abuse or ignore it when its conclusions do not fit with preconceived ideas.
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