Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US

Historiography since 1945

Av Christopher R. Moran, Christopher J. Murphy

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From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposes and spy novels, the intelligence services’ secrecy has never stopped people from writing about espionage. Now, this is the first introduction to these official and unofficial histories. Each chapter showcases new archival material, looking at a particular book or series of books and considering issues of production, censorship, representation and reception. Contributors include: Richard Aldrich, intelligence historian; Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA Staff Historian; Matthew Jones, novelist; Jo Wippl, Former CIA operations officer; Keith Jeffery, author of the first official history of MI6 and Chapman Pincher, journalist.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2026-06-30
Mått: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt: 472 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 336
Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781399570732

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Dr. Christopher R. Moran is an Assistant Professor of US National Security in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is also a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Previously, he was a research assistant on the AHRC-funded project, ‘Landscapes of Secrecy: The CIA and the Contested Record of US Foreign Policy’. He is the author of Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain (2012). Christopher J. Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at the University of Salford.

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A much-needed examination of the extensive and rapidly growing historiography of intelligence studies. It addresses the difficulties posed by official secrecy, how real world developments influenced historiography, and the recent trend toward state-sanctioned histories. Given the diversity of the literature examined, it is fitting that the contributors range from scholars to journalists and intelligence professionals … Summing Up: Recommended.

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