The Image of the Enemy: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries since 1945 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626162387 ISBN 13: 9781626162389

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This work concerns intelligence analysis of adversaries by seven countries, the role of intelligence analysis during the Cold War, and its role in other important regional conflicts after 1945. It seeks to use Cold War and contemporary examples to determine how well intelligence has been analyzed and handled by different intelligence services and policymakers. The book reaches conclusions about past cases in intelligence analysis and how best to analyze intelligence and present it to policymakers today. The book also examines how well policymakers have received and understood intelligence. In sum, the volume analyzes how effective intelligence has been in the policymaking process. It will be a leading text on the analyst/policymaker relationship. The historical cases examined are the Soviet Union's analysis of the United States (and vice versa), East Germany's analysis of West Germany (and vice versa), British intelligence on the early years of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, Israeli intelligence on the Palestinians, Pakistani intelligence on India, and US intelligence about Islamist terrorists.

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About the Author

Paul Maddrell is a lecturer in modern history in the Department of Politics, History, and International Relations at Loughborough University (UK). He is the author of Spying on Science: Western Intelligence in Divided Germany, 1945-1961.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626162387
• ISBN 13: 9781626162389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Maddrell Paul