Examines the deep historical and cultural origins of intelligence in several countries of critical importance today: India, China, the Arab world, and Russia. In this title, each chapter reveals insights into intelligence history and practices in regions that, until now, have eluded our understanding.
Tactical Radio Intelligence in World War II: Silent Warriors in Europe fills a unique void in United States military and intelligence histories by providing exceptional insight into the contributions made by a very select group of veterans: the US Army Signal Corps Radio and Signal Intelligence soldiers. During World War II, thousands of young ......
A Story of Spies, Bioweapons, and Cold War Survival
Refusenik's Son is an extraordinary story of family, courage, and betrayal during the Cold War. Against the broader political history of the period, Alex Goldfarb weaves his personal story as one of the players in an intricate cat-and-mouse game of deception and survival. Goldfarb's was a fraught world populated by KGB and CIA agents, informers ......
The Development of US Strategic Military Intelligence Up to the Cold War
The untold history of how strategic military intelligence organizations responded and adapted to the pressures and influence of the US military, government, and public to define themselves and their mission.From 1882 to 1947-the year the CIA was established-strategic military intelligence organizations struggled to define their missions. The ......
How the French Misread the Turkish War of Independence
At the end of World War I, parts of the defeated Ottoman Empire were seized and partitioned by the Allied Powers. In response, the newly formed Turkish National Movement waged a military campaign to win Turkey's independence, eventually leading to the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.In Facing the Victorious Turks, Andrew Orr argues ......
The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of Intelligence Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of ......
A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate
An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United States Forged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan. Its capabilities are comprehensive, its remit ......
Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II-but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking ......
