Learning from the secret past : cases from British intelligence history / Robert Dover and Michael S. Goodman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dover, Robert, 1977-

Goodman, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Intelligence service.

Military relations.

Military intelligence.

History.

Great Britain.

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Intelligence service--Great Britain--Case studies.

Military intelligence--Great Britain--Case studies.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1945-.

International relations.

Great Britain--Military relations.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 313 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Dover (international relations, Loughborough U., England) and Goodman (war studies, King's College London, England) present 11 papers that delve into the history of British intelligence in order to draw lessons for current practices. The papers examine issues of organization and oversight, political interference in intelligence (such as in the case of Iraqi non-existent weapons of mass destruction), counterinsurgency and counterintelligence in Malaya and Northern Ireland, and avoiding surprise (looking at the cases of the Suez Canal Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis in particular). Each paper is accompanied by an illustrative primary document. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: Learning from the secret past / David Omand

pt. 1. The organisation and oversight of intelligence

The post-war organization of intelligence : the January 1945 report to the Joint Intelligence Committee on "the Intelligence Machine" / Michael Herman

Document 1: The intelligence machine

"A formidable power to cause trouble for the government" : intelligence oversight and the creation of the UK Intelligence and Security Committee / Peter Gill

Document 2: Intelligence Services Bill

pt. 2. Political interference in intelligence

The Scott report : intelligence and the arms trade / Robert Dover

Document 3: Matrix Churchill Ltd. : export licence applications for Iraq, 25 September 1989

Political interference in the intelligence process : the case of Iraqi WMD / Mark Phythian

Document 4: The Butler report : Annex B: Intelligence assessment and presentation : from March to September 2002

pt. 3. Counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

Intelligence and counterinsurgency : the Malayan experience / Matthew Jones

Document 5: "The Special Branch Charter" : Directive No. 21, Director of Operations, Malaya, 24th April 1952

"A skeleton in our cupboard" : British interrogation procedures in Northern Ireland / Richard J. Aldrich

Document 6: Prisoner handling in interrogation centres in Northern Ireland : report by the intelligence co-ordinator

The value and limits of experience in the early years of the Northern Ireland troubles, 1969-1972 / Eunan O'Halpin

Document 7: Visit by Secretary JIC to Northern Ireland, 10-12 January 1972

pt. 4. Avoiding surprise

Suez and the threat to UK interests overseas Gill Bennett

Document 8: The threat to United Kingdom interests overseas, 18 October 1956

Oleg Penkovsky, British intelligence, and the Cuban Missile Crisis / Len Scott

Document 9: Cuba : threat posed by Soviet missiles, 26 October 1962

Document 10: CIA memo: Meeting No. 1 (London) at Mount Royal Hotel, 20 April 1961

Avoiding surprise : the Nicoll report and intelligence Analysis / Michael S. Goodman

Document 11: The Joint Intelligence Committee and warning of aggression

Lessons learned : what the history of British intelligence can tell us about the future / Robert Dover and Michael S. Goodman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index.

ISBN:

9781589017702

1589017706

OCLC:

694283180