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Strategic Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond looks at the many
events, personalities, and controversies in the field of
intelligence and espionage since the end of World War II. A crucial
but often neglected topic, strategic intelligence took on added
significance during the protracted struggle of the Cold War. In
this accessible volume, Jefferson Adams places these important
developments in their historical context, taking a global approach
to themes including various undertakings from both sides in the
Cold War, with emphasis on covert action and deception operations
controversial episodes involving Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, Vietnam,
Poland, and Afghanistan as well as numerous lesser known
occurrences. three Cold War spy profiles which explore the role of
human psychology in intelligence work the technological dimension
spies in fiction, film and television developments in the
intelligence organizations of both sides in the decade following
the fall of the Berlin wall Supplemented by suggestions for further
reading, a glossary of key terms, and a timeline of important
events, this is an essential read for all those interested in the
modern history of espionage.
Strategic Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond looks at the many
events, personalities, and controversies in the field of
intelligence and espionage since the end of World War II. A crucial
but often neglected topic, strategic intelligence took on added
significance during the protracted struggle of the Cold War. In
this accessible volume, Jefferson Adams places these important
developments in their historical context, taking a global approach
to themes including various undertakings from both sides in the
Cold War, with emphasis on covert action and deception operations
controversial episodes involving Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, Vietnam,
Poland, and Afghanistan as well as numerous lesser known
occurrences. three Cold War spy profiles which explore the role of
human psychology in intelligence work the technological dimension
spies in fiction, film and television developments in the
intelligence organizations of both sides in the decade following
the fall of the Berlin wall Supplemented by suggestions for further
reading, a glossary of key terms, and a timeline of important
events, this is an essential read for all those interested in the
modern history of espionage.
No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence
organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years.
Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe,
Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives,
especially during the Cold War. As a result of this, it is no
wonder that during certain periods of history Germany was probably
busier spying on its own citizens than on its enemies. Because of
the Gestapo and the SS of Nazi Germany to the Stasi of the German
Democratic Republic, the fear of domestic abuse by security
agencies with police powers runs far deeper in German society than
elsewhere in the West. The Historical Dictionary of German
Intelligence presents the turbulent history of German intelligence
through a chronology, a bibliography, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on the agencies and agents, the
operations and equipment, the tradecraft and jargon, and many of
the countries involved. No military reference collection is
complete without it.
Is the United States the greatest nation on earth? Most decidedly,
that is the national meme, the national consensus and the line that
is repeated nationally, daily, to everyone who is willing to
listen. It is true, the United States is the greatest nation on
earth. It has the largest economy, at about 16 trillion dollars, it
has 11 aircraft carriers and one of the most powerful militaries in
the world. The narrative is to be believed; however, it is not
clear that there is no nation that considers itself less than the
greatest on earth. Smaller nations know better than to pick fights
with other nations that may have more capacity to fight wars and do
other things. This volume provides an external perspective of the
United States, garnered from living in the United States and
considering several aspects of life in the country. The volume
points out that there are areas where the United States may not be
as great as it supposes. It examines the military, economic and
social aspects of the United States, among other things, and
concludes that the United States' capacities are impressive but do
not make it the exclusively greatest nation on earth: even Tuvalu,
Monaco and Palau are great nations....
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