Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013

Editor/Author Aldrich, Richard J., Cormac, Rory and Goodman, Michael S.
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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ISBN: 978-0-74-867856-3
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count: 9
Book Status: Available
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This book reveals the declassified papers of the JIC, shining a light on the workings of Whitehalls secret world and the vital, previously unknown, role played by intelligence in pivotal events across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction: The Rise of the Joint Intelligence Committee
  • 2. Origins of the Joint Intelligence Committee
  • 3. World War II and the Role of Intelligence in Strategic Planning
  • 4. A Post-War Intelligence Machinery
  • 5. Origins of the Soviet Threat
  • 6. Sigint Targeting
  • 7. The Berlin Blockade
  • 8. Chinese Intervention in the Korean War
  • 9. Estimating Soviet Capabilities
  • 10. Counterinsurgency
  • 11. The Suez Crisis
  • 12. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 13. Vietnam
  • 14. The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968
  • 15. The Rise of International Terrorism in the Middle East
  • 16. Northern Ireland: Direct Rule
  • 17. The Falklands War
  • 18. Changing Requirements at the End of the Cold War
  • 19. War in Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • 20. War in Iraq: Aftermath
  • 21. The Joint Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council
  • 22. The Syrian Civil War
  • 23. Through the Looking Glass: Illusions of Openness and the Study of British Intelligence
  • Appendix: Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee
  • Document Sources
  • Bibliography