Intelligence in an Insecure World

Gill, Peter; Phythian, Mark

ISBN 10: 0745652786 / ISBN 13: 9780745652788

Published by Polity Pr, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Intelligence in an Insecure World

Publisher: Polity Pr

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

What exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop it and how? In a fully revised and expanded new edition of their classic guide to the field, Peter Gill and Mark Phythian explore these and other questions. Together they set out a comprehensive framework for the study of intelligence gathering today.

Review:

"Gill and Phythian have done it again: produced a comprehensive, readable, nicely illustrated, and thought-provoking examination ofnational security intelligence in today's uncertain and dangerousworld. Want to know all about espionage, covert action, andcounterintelligence? Here's an excellent place to begin."
Loch K. Johnson, University of Georgia

"Gill and Phythian provide the best introduction to the study ofsecurity and intelligence in democratic societies. They have doneso by marrying the rigour of academic analysis with theaccessibility of more popular accounts - no mean trick. Thenew edition is not only updated to include the most contemporarydevelopments, but also expands and deepens the authors'critical reflections on the state of intelligence in the post-9/11world. This is a must-read for everyone concerned with security inthe face of terrorism and for democratic freedoms in the face ofthe expansion of state security powers."
Reg Whitaker, York University, Ontario