The CIA and the Pursuit of Security: History, Documents and Contexts - Couverture rigide

Dylan, Huw; Gioe, David; Goodman, Michael S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474428843 ISBN 13 : 9781474428842

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

An illuminating documentary history of America's most renowned intelligence agency. Includes a wealth of declassified documents that will give readers an understanding of how the CIA instigated, understood or reacted to key historical events, with the authors' commentary providing broader contextual analysis. Provides a robust discussion of topics ranging from the high-Cold War and Vietnam to the arms race, rendition, and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Shows how the business of intelligence and spying, and with it the CIA, has evolved since its inception in 1947. Since its creation in 1947, the CIA has been at the heart of America's security apparatus. Written by intelligence scholars and experts, The CIA and the Pursuit of Security offers the reader a lively survey of the CIA past and present. The history of the agency is presented through the prism of its declassified documents, with each being supplemented by insightful contextual analysis. The book chronicles the evolution of the CIA, its remarkable successes, clandestine operations, and its ongoing struggle to maintain American security in an age of proliferating threats.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Huw Dylan is a Lecturer in Intelligence and International Security at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, where he leads the MA programme in Intelligence and International Security. He is also and a visiting Associate Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. His book, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Michael S. Goodman is Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. He has published widely in the field of intelligence history, including most recently The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis (Routledge, 2015), which was chosen as one of The Spectator's books of the year. He is series editor for Intelligence and Security for Hurst/Columbia University Press; and for Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare for Edinburgh University Press; and is a member of the editorial boards for five journals. He is currently on secondment to the Cabinet Office where he is the Official Historian of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474428843
• ISBN 13: 9781474428842
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible