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Intelligence and Statecraft: The Use and Limits of Intelligence in International Society

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Intelligence and Statecraft: The Use and Limits of Intelligence in International Society

Contributors:

By (Author) Peter Jackson
By (author) Jennifer Siegel

ISBN:

9780275972950

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

30th April 2005

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

327.12

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

302

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

595g

Description

Demonstrates that studying the history of intelligence enriches our understanding of its role in international relations today Intelligence has never been a more important factor in international affairs than it is today. The 9/11 commission in the US, and the Hutton Report in Britain, have placed intelligence, and its (mis)use by politicians, at the heart of political debate. Since the end of the Second World War, vast intelligence bureaucracies have emerged to play an increasingly important role in the making of national policy within all major states. One of the biggest problems within the contemporary thinking about intelligence and international relations is a lack of historical context. Observers routinely comment on the challenges facing intelligence communities without reflecting on the historical forces that have shaped these communities over the past two centuries. Intelligence and Statecraft explores the constant nature and limits of intelligence, and examines how the practices of intelligence collection and analysis have remained essentially unchanged since the Roman era - rendering intelligence little or no more effective in reducing uncertainty at the dawn of the twenty-first century than in centuries past. The contributors in this volume consider the causes and consequences of this as well as its impact on war, strategy, and statecraft. The new perspectives presented in this volume on the evolution of intelligence services and intelligence practice over the past 200 years can only enrich ongoing debates over how best to reform national intelligence structures.; Places modern controversies over intelligence in their historical context

Reviews

[T]races the rise and development of the military attache from the nineteenth century and links this to the increasing demand for intelligence generated by the requirements of modern war.[f]ascinating new tidbits of information. This remains a fertile field for cultivation. * The Journal of Military History *

Author Bio

PETER JACKSON is Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. JENNIFER SIEGEL is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio State University.

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