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Michael S. Goodman - Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee

Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis

Av Michael S. Goodman

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Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, providing a co-ordinated intelligence service to policy makers, drawing upon the work of the intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments. Since its creation, reports from the JIC have contributed to almost every key foreign policy decision taken by the British Government. This volume covers the evolution of the JIC since 1936 and culminates with its role in the events of Suez in 1956. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, British politics, international diplomacy, security studies and International Relations in general.Dr Michael S. Goodman is Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is author or editor of five previous books, including the Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies (2013).
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Michael S. Goodman is Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author or editor of five previous books, including the Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies (co-editor, 2013).

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'Michael Goodman’s The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee: Volume I (Routledge) should help make up for the neglect in spy literature of the JIC. The alpha and omega of intelligence bureaucracy, it influences what spies spy on and interprets their reports for policymakers. Well written and wisely judged, this first volume takes us through the second world war to Suez.' --Alan Judd, Spectator ‘Books of the Year’'Other than providing assessments, the study also highlights the broader management functions of the committee, its role in security matters, as well as other related subjects, and role in helping develop the bourgeoning transatlantic special intelligence relationship, maintaining British influence at a time when the balance of power shifted across the Atlantic. In summary, this is an important, highly readable, account of the JIC and its impact on Britain’s foreign and defence policy.'Daniel W. B. Lomas, Journal of Intelligence History, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2015

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