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| Intelligence power in peace and war |
M. Herman |
(Cambridge Uni Press 1996)
narrower focus on foreign intelligence gathering and processing. Recommended
by seminar and Capt Jee. |
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| Friendly Spies |
P Schweitzer |
on economic espionage (NY Readers’ Digest
1996) |
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| British |
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| British
Intelligence in the Second Word War (Abridged
edition) |
F
H Hinsley |
A
very meaty, thoroughly comprehensive but rather dry
account of intelligence operations and input into
the British war effort in WWII. |
 
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| UK
Eyes Alpha - The Inside Story of British Intelligence |
Mark
Urban |
An
account of British intelligence since Gorbachev came
to power in 1985. The author presents a list of what
he claims are failures by every British intelligence
organization, and raises questions about the value of
the traditional structures and organizations that are
a legacy of the Cold War. |
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| Defending
the Realm: MI5 and the Shayler Affair |
Mark
Hollingsworth, Nick Fielding |
An
investigative book about MI5, which covers the running,
finances, structure, and relevance of the organization
today. David Shayler endorses the book himself, which
is an alternative slant to the more 'establishment'
authors. |
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| The
Big Breach - From top secret to top security |
Richard
Tomlinson |
Tomlinson
is the renowned renegade MI6 officer whose public falling
out with the service brought it much unwanted publicity.
The first half of the book covers his recruitment and
training, the second claims to cover his operations
and dismissal. He makes some very obvious factual errors,
such as getting the calibre of the standard British
rifle wrong, which makes you question what else might
be fantasy. Very enjoyable read though. |
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| Enigma |
Robert
Harris |
Thoroughly-researched
thriller based on the factual events at Bletchley Park
in World War Two surrounding cracking the code of the
Enigma machine |
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| Military
Intelligence- The British Story |
Peter
Gudgin |
Author
casts a critical eye across the spectrum of the UK intelligence
community |
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| International |
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| Secret
Power - New Zealand's Role in the International Spy
Network |
Nicky
Hager |
An
attempt to chart the recent history of New Zealand's
GCSB and associated organisations. |
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| Intelligence
- Foreign Espionage |
| MI6
- British Secret Intelligence Operations 1909-45 |
Nigel
West |
Detailed
story of the early days of the SIS (MI6) along with
many colourful anecdotes. |
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| Memoirs
of a Spymaster |
Markus
Wolf |
Autobiography
of the man who was head of the DDR foreign intelligence
service for 34 years. |
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| Intelligence
- Armed Forces |
| Brixmis
- The untold exploits of Britain's most daring Cold
War spy mission |
Tony
Geraghty |
Factual
account of the British Military Exchange Mission as
active in Soviet East Germany until 1989. |
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| The
Dirty War |
Martin
Dillon |
An
in-depth examination of the covert war between the British
intelligence and military machinery and the republicans
at their dirtiest. |
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| Electronic
Air Warfare |
J
P R Browne, Thurbon |
The
technology, techniques and tactics involved in electronic
air warfare set within the overall context of modern
air operations |
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| Silent Warfare |
A. Shulsky |
Understanding the world of
intelligence
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| Shadow
over Babylon |
David
Mason |
Account
of an assassination plot on Saddam Hussein which is
a very absorbing story of covert preparation and insertion,
and using imagery intelligence to monitor remote events. |
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cass |
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| Forearmed
- A History of the Intelligence Corps |
Anthony
Clayton |
A
detailed account of the history, work and formation
of the Intelligence Corps, focussing on the post-1914
period (1993). |
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The
Intelligencers
The History of British Military Intelligence up to 1914 |
Brigadier
B A H Parritt |
Author
was Director Intelligence Corps and wrote this detailed
account of the predecessors of the modern-day Intelligence
Corps with access to Corps archives. |
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| Military
Intelligence Blunders |
Colonel
John Hughes-Wilson |
An
analysis of events conspiring to cause disaster and
why crucial intelligence in so often ignored. International
in scope. |
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| Navy |
Blind
Man's Buff
The untold story of American submarine espionage |
Sherry
Sontag, Christopher Drew |
Fascinating
insight into the submariners' Cold War with many stories
of unique espionage efforts |
cass
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| Special
Forces and Intelligence |
Big
Boys' Rules
The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA |
Mark
Urban |
A
detailed analysis of the intelligence war and the use
of special forces by a democracy fighting terrorism |
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The
Operators - Inside 14 Intelligence Company
(The Army's top secret elite) |
James
Rennie |
Interesting
account of training for covert anti-terrorist operations
in Northern Ireland, although loses pace towards the
end. Claims to be factual. |
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