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National security intelligence / Loch Johnson

Author
Johnson, Loch K., 1942-
Published
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2017.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Description
xxi, 273 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.National Security Intelligence: The First Line of Defense -- 2.Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Knowing about the World -- 3.Covert Action: Secret Attempts to Shape History -- 4.Counterintelligence: The Hunt for Moles -- 5.Safeguards against the Abuse of Secret Power -- 6.National Security Intelligence: Shield and Hidden Sword of the Democracies.
Summary
"National security intelligence is a vast, complex, and important topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it. In the second edition of his definitive introduction to the field, leading intelligence expert Loch K. Johnson guides readers skilfully through this shadowy side of government. Drawing on over forty years of experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, he explains the three primary missions of intelligence: information collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, before moving on to explore the wider dilemmas posed by the existence of secret government organizations in open, democratic societies. Recent developments including the controversial leaks by the American intelligence official Edward J. Snowden, the U.S. Senate's Torture Report, and the ongoing debate over the use of drones are explored alongside difficult questions such as why intelligence agencies inevitably make mistakes in assessing world events; why some intelligence officers choose to engage in treason against their own country on behalf of foreign regimes; and how spy agencies can succumb to scandals -including highly intrusive surveillance against the very citizens they are meant to protect. Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, National Security Intelligence is tailor-made to meet the interests of students and general readers who care about how nations shield themselves against threats through the establishment of intelligence organizations, and how they strive for safeguards to prevent the misuse of this secret power"--
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ISBN
9781509513048 hardback
1509513043 hardback
9781509513055 paperback
1509513051 paperback
Note
Machine generated contents note: Contents About the Author List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Preface: The Study of National Security Intelligence Acknowledgments 1 National Security Intelligence: The First Line of Defense 2 Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Knowing about the World 3 Covert Action: Secret Attempts to Shape History 4 Counterintelligence: The Hunt for Moles 5 Safeguards against the Abuse of Secret Power 6 National Security Intelligence: Shield and Hidden Sword of the Democracies Notes Suggested Readings Index.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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