Book by Bloch, Jonathan, Fitzgerald, Patrick

British Intelligence and Covert Action: Africa, Middle East and Europe Since 1945

Fitzgerald, Patrick

Bloch, Jonathan

History

Brandon Books

The CIA, the KGB, MI5, Mossad, Boss, Savak, Dina - the names read like a rollcall of the seamier side of history in the  years following the Second World War. Today the Cold War is  dead; there are fewer dictatorships; and 9.11 has created a  whole new raison d'etre for covert action. This title: explains the impact of the war on terrorism on the world's secret services and intelligence agencies; describes how ultra-modern new technologies have vastly increased their power to spy and eavesdrop; reveals the changing priorities and working methods of intelligence services around the world; important issues raised include the new roles of the secret services as they target 'rogue states', 'the war on drugs', and 'terrorists'. The authors explore the unsolved contradiction between secretive and unaccountable agencies operating on the fringes of the law, and the requirements of a free and democratic society.

Global Intelligence: The World's Secret Services Today (Global Issues)

Politics & Social Sciences

Todd, Paul

Politics & Government

David Phillip Pub

This fascinating exploration of secret service and intelligence agencies throughout the world details the new roles they have found for themselves as they target rogue states, terrorism, and the drug war. It shows how ultramodern technologies have increased their power to spy abroad and eavesdrop at home. It also exposes the unsolved contradiction between the world of these secretive, unaccountable agencies and the requirements of a free, democratic society.

Global Intelligence: The World’s Secret Services Today (Global Issues)

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Fernwood Publishing

Criminal Law

Zed Books

This fascinating exploration of secret service and intelligence agencies throughout the world details the new roles they have found for themselves as they target rogue states, terrorism, and the drug war. It shows how ultramodern technologies have increased their power to spy abroad and eavesdrop at home. It also exposes the unsolved contradiction between the world of these secretive, unaccountable agencies and the requirements of a free, democratic society.

This book traces the transformation of intelligence from a tool for law enforcement to a means of avoiding the law--both national and international. The "War on Terror" has seen intelligence agencies emerge as major political players. "Rendition," untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are becoming normal. The new culture of victimhood in the US and among partners in the "coalition of the willing" has crushed domestic liberties and formed a global network of extra-legal license. State and corporate interests are increasingly fused in the new business of privatizing fear. The authors argue that the bureaucracy and narrow political goals surrounding intelligence actually have the potential to increase the terrorist threat.

Spies, Lies and the War on Terror

Americas

La Réforme protestante, de Luther à Calvin: La réponse aux abus de la religion catholique (Grands Événements) (French Edition)

André, Laury

World

50Minutes.fr

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