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British and American Approaches to Intelligence

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. K. G. Robertson

    1. Graduate School of European and International Studies, University of Reading, UK

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Part of the book series: RUSI Defence Studies (RUSIDS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. What is Intelligence?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Intelligence: an American View

      • Roy Godson
      Pages 3-36

    3. Intelligence: a British View

      • John Bruce Lockhart
      Pages 37-52

  3. The Development of British Intelligence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. British Military Intelligence Following World War I

      • Keith Jeffery
      Pages 55-84

    3. Intelligence Predictions and Strategic Surprise: Reflections on the British Experience in the 1930s

      • Wesley Wark
      Pages 85-103

    4. The Professional Career of A. G. Denniston

      • R. A. Denniston
      Pages 104-129

    5. Intelligence and Strategy in World War II

      • Ralph Bennett
      Pages 130-152

    6. A Comparison of SOE and OSS

      • M. R. D. Foot
      Pages 153-165

    7. The Assessment and Acceptance of Intelligence: a Case-Study

      • Robert Cecil
      Pages 166-183

  4. Intelligence and Democratic Values

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Financing British Intelligence: the Evidence up to 1945

      • Eunan O’Halpin
      Pages 187-217

    3. The Law Relating to Security in Great Britain

      • Michael Supperstone
      Pages 218-243

    4. The Politics of Secret Intelligence — British and American Attitudes

      • K. G. Robertson
      Pages 244-272

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 273-281
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  • Graduate School of European and International Studies, University of Reading, UK

    K. G. Robertson

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