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Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a
leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to
heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public
figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the
rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, however, the spy chief was
and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret
influence abroad and engages in repression at home. This second
volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of
the United States and the United Kingdom to examine leaders from
Renaissance Venice to the Soviet Union, Germany, India, Egypt, and
Lebanon in the twentieth century. It provides a close-up look at
intelligence leaders, good and bad, in the different political
contexts of the regimes they served. The contributors to the volume
try to answer the following questions: how do intelligence leaders
operate in these different national, institutional and historical
contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of domestic
affairs and international relations? How much power have they
possessed? How have they led their agencies and what qualities make
an effective intelligence leader? How has their role differed
according to the political character of the regime they have
served? The profiles in this book range from some of the most
notorious figures in modern history, such as Feliks Dzerzhinsky and
Erich Mielke, to spy chiefs in democratic West Germany and India.
Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a
leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to
heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public
figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the
rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, however, the spy chief was
and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret
influence abroad and engages in repression at home. This second
volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of
the United States and the United Kingdom to examine leaders from
Renaissance Venice to the Soviet Union, Germany, India, Egypt, and
Lebanon in the twentieth century. It provides a close-up look at
intelligence leaders, good and bad, in the different political
contexts of the regimes they served. The contributors to the volume
try to answer the following questions: how do intelligence leaders
operate in these different national, institutional and historical
contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of domestic
affairs and international relations? How much power have they
possessed? How have they led their agencies and what qualities make
an effective intelligence leader? How has their role differed
according to the political character of the regime they have
served? The profiles in this book range from some of the most
notorious figures in modern history, such as Feliks Dzerzhinsky and
Erich Mielke, to spy chiefs in democratic West Germany and India.
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Amie's Party (Hardcover)
Iain Lauchlan; Illustrated by Nik Afia
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Amie's Party (Paperback)
Iain Lauchlan; Illustrated by Nik Afia
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Molly's Tree (Hardcover)
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Molly's Tree (Paperback)
Iain Lauchlan; Illustrated by Nik Afia; Created by Jo Proud
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