Why spy? : the art of intelligence / Brian T. W. Stewart and Samantha Newbery.

By:

Stewart, Brian, 1922-2015

Contributor(s):

Newbery, Samantha [aut]

Material type:

TextSeries: Intelligence and securityPublication details: London : Hurst & Company, 2015.Description: xx, 216 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781849045131

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

327.12

Contents:

Pt. 1. Three Asian cases -- Ch. 1. The Malayan emergency: an intelligence success story -- Ch. 2. Vietnam: a can of worms -- Ch. 3. Chinese affairs -- Pt. 2. The machinery and methodology of intelligence -- Ch. 4. The organisation and machinery of intelligence -- Ch. 5. Types of intelligence collection methods -- Ch. 6. Assessment : problems and common fallacies -- Ch. 7. Moral dilemmas -- Pt. 3. Famous cases of intelligence in practice -- Ch. 8. Pearl Harbor -- Ch. 9. Cuba: the Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis -- Ch. 10. Iraq: the intelligence imbroglio and the Butler review -- Pt. 4. Non-information gathering intelligence operations -- Ch. 11. Special operations -- Ch. 12. Deception operations -- Ch. 13. Assassination.

Summary: Why Spy? is the result of Brian Stewart's seventy years of working in, and studying the uses and abuses of, intelligence in the real world. Few books currently available to those involved either as professionals or students in this area have been written by someone like the present author, who has practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad. It relates successes and failures via case studies, and draws conclusions that should be pondered by all those concerned with the limitations and usefulness of the intelligence product, as well as with how to avoid the tendency to abuse or ignore it when its conclusions do not fit with preconceived ideas. It reminds the reader of the multiplicity of methods and organisations and the wide range of talents making up the intelligence world. The co-author, scholar Samantha Newbery, examines such current issues as the growth of intelligence studies in universities, and the general emphasis throughout the volume is on the necessity of embracing a range of sources, including police, political, military and overt, to ensure that secret intelligence is placed in as wide a context as possible when decisions are made. With practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad, Stewart examines successes and failures via case studies, considers the limitations and usefulness of the intelligence product, and warns against the tendency to abuse or ignore it when its conclusions do not fit with preconceived ideas.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Three Asian cases --
Ch. 1. The Malayan emergency: an intelligence success story --
Ch. 2. Vietnam: a can of worms --
Ch. 3. Chinese affairs --
Pt. 2. The machinery and methodology of intelligence --
Ch. 4. The organisation and machinery of intelligence --
Ch. 5. Types of intelligence collection methods --
Ch. 6. Assessment : problems and common fallacies --
Ch. 7. Moral dilemmas --
Pt. 3. Famous cases of intelligence in practice --
Ch. 8. Pearl Harbor --
Ch. 9. Cuba: the Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis --
Ch. 10. Iraq: the intelligence imbroglio and the Butler review --
Pt. 4. Non-information gathering intelligence operations --
Ch. 11. Special operations --
Ch. 12. Deception operations --
Ch. 13. Assassination.

Why Spy? is the result of Brian Stewart's seventy years of working in, and studying the uses and abuses of, intelligence in the real world. Few books currently available to those involved either as professionals or students in this area have been written by someone like the present author, who has practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad. It relates successes and failures via case studies, and draws conclusions that should be pondered by all those concerned with the limitations and usefulness of the intelligence product, as well as with how to avoid the tendency to abuse or ignore it when its conclusions do not fit with preconceived ideas. It reminds the reader of the multiplicity of methods and organisations and the wide range of talents making up the intelligence world. The co-author, scholar Samantha Newbery, examines such current issues as the growth of intelligence studies in universities, and the general emphasis throughout the volume is on the necessity of embracing a range of sources, including police, political, military and overt, to ensure that secret intelligence is placed in as wide a context as possible when decisions are made.

With practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad, Stewart examines successes and failures via case studies, considers the limitations and usefulness of the intelligence product, and warns against the tendency to abuse or ignore it when its conclusions do not fit with preconceived ideas.

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