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Intelligence was a major part of the Cold War, waged by both sides
with an almost warlike intensity. Yet the question 'What difference
did it all make?' remains unanswered. Did it help to contain the
Cold War, or fuel it and keep it going? Did it make it hotter or
colder? Did these large intelligence bureaucracies tell truth to
power, or give their governments what they expected to hear? These
questions have not previously been addressed systematically, and
seven writers tackle them here on Cold War aspects that include
intelligence as warning, threat assessment, assessing military
balances, Third World activities, and providing reassurance. Their
conclusions are as relevant to understanding what governments can
expect from their big, secret organizations today as they are to
those of historians analysing the Cold War motivations of East and
West. This book is valuable not only for intelligence,
international relations and Cold War specialists but also for all
those concerned with intelligence's modern cost-effectiveness and
accountability. This book was published as a special issue of
Intelligence and National Security.
Wedgwood Jasper predates the American Declaration of Independence
by one year having been introduced to the public by Josiah Wedgwood
in 1775. Of all the many types of ceramics produced by the Wedgwood
Company in the last two and a half centuries, Jasper is most
immediately recognizable. This second book on this fascinating
subject by the author traces Jasper's long history and almost
infinite variety. It covers the entire range of Wedgwood's Jasper
pieces, from items of museum quality to those found in most
collections. After an informative introduction to Wedgwood history
and marks, the photographic delineation covers the various types:
Diceware, Strapware, Sgraffito, Sage Green and Lilac on White
Jasper, Jasper Mounted on Metal, Crimson Jasper, and more. This is
followed by a wonderful photographic gallery, organized by shapes.,
including biscuit barrels, bowls, boxes, candleholders, cups and
saucers, figures inkwells, jewelry, jugs and mugs, lamps,
medallions, perfume bottles, plates and trays, tea and coffee sets,
vases, and more. All of this is illustrated with over 750 color
photos. Important private collections are featured as well as one
of the finest museum collections in the United States and auction
houses. Wedgwood Jasper is well represented in all the finest
ceramics collections around the world.
Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for
it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in
recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The
atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism"
now call for an even more intensive effort. Important questions
arise on how intelligence fits into the world of increased threats,
globalization and expanded international action. This volume
contains the recent work on this subject by Michael Herman, British
intelligence professional for 35 years and Oxford University
academic. It compares intelligence with other government
information services, and discusses the British intelligence system
and the case for its reform. It also addresses the ethical issues
raised by intelligence's methods and results: "do they on balance
make for a better world or a worse one?." Other chapters explore a
wide range of intelligence topics past and present, including the
transatlantic relationship, the alliance strategies of Norway and
New Zealand, Mrs Thatcher's "de-unionization" of British Sigint,
and personal memories of the British Cabinet Office in the
1970s.
Michael Herman argues for intelligence professionalism as a
contribution to international security and for its encouragement as
a world standard. The modern challenge is for intelligence to
support international cooperation in ways originally developed to
advance national interests, while at the same time developing some
restraint and international "rules of the game," in the use of
intrusive and covert methods on its traditional targets. The
effects of 11 September on this challenge are discussed in a
thoughtful afterword.
Intelligence was a major part of the Cold War, waged by both
sides with an almost warlike intensity. Yet the question 'What
difference did it all make?' remains unanswered. Did it help to
contain the Cold War, or fuel it and keep it going? Did it make it
hotter or colder? Did these large intelligence bureaucracies tell
truth to power, or give their governments what they expected to
hear?
These questions have not previously been addressed
systematically, and seven writers tackle them here on Cold War
aspects that include intelligence as warning, threat assessment,
assessing military balances, Third World activities, and providing
reassurance. Their conclusions are as relevant to understanding
what governments can expect from their big, secret organizations
today as they are to those of historians analysing the Cold War
motivations of East and West. This book is valuable not only for
intelligence, international relations and Cold War specialists but
also for all those concerned with intelligence's modern
cost-effectiveness and accountability.
This book was published as a special issue of "Intelligence and
National Security."
A lavishly illustrated collector's volume, this book is a wonderful
introduction to the historic and ever-popular line of Wedgwood
ceramics called Jasper Ware. The bas-reliefs on matte porcelain
grounds make these products instantly recognizable. Featuring fine
pieces from private and museum collections, it has been written
especially for novice and moderately advanced collectors and
concentrates on pieces produced mostly from the mid-nineteenth to
the early twentieth centuries. Included are chapters on Wedgwood
Jasper history, colors, and marks as well as supplements about
Wedgwood Jasper jewelry and the classical mythology used for the
bas-relief figures. A significant portion of the book illustrates
many of the hundreds of shapes that Wedgwood produced, including
biscuit barrels, bud vases, candlesticks, cruet sets, bowls,
inkwells, and jardinieres, to name only a few. Over 500 vivid
photographs illustrate these shapes, and detailed information as
well as current values are included in each caption. This is an
important book about a time period in Wedgwood Jasper history that
has not been researched before. It will be a welcomed addition to
the library of all Wedgwood Jasper enthusiasts.
Michael Herman (1929 2021) was the world's leading intelligence
practitioner academic. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five
year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the
Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972 75, and Head of several GCHQ
Divisions in the 1970s 80s. After his professional retirement, he
was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and
founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group.This volume
draws on Herman's professional experience and personal
recollections to examine the past and present British intelligence.
In twenty-one chapters he offers an insider's perspective on the
Cold War intelligence contest against the Soviet Union and its
continuing legacy today. This includes proposals for intelligence
ethics and reform in the twenty-first century, and the declassified
copy of his evidence to the 2004 Butler Review. Herman also
discusses the role of personalities in the British intelligence
community, producing sketches of Cold War contemporaries on the JIC
and several Directors of GCHQ. The combination of operational
experience and academic reflection makes this volume a unique
contribution to intelligence scholarship.
Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for
it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in
recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The
atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism"
now call for an even more intensive effort. Important questions
arise on how intelligence fits into the world of increased threats,
globalization and expanded international action. This volume
contains the recent work on this subject by Michael Herman, British
intelligence professional for 35 years and Oxford University
academic. It compares intelligence with other government
information services, and discusses the British intelligence system
and the case for its reform. It also addresses the ethical issues
raised by intelligence's methods and results: "do they on balance
make for a better world or a worse one?." Other chapters explore a
wide range of intelligence topics past and present, including the
transatlantic relationship, the alliance strategies of Norway and
New Zealand, Mrs Thatcher's "de-unionization" of British Sigint,
and personal memories of the British Cabinet Office in the
1970s.
Michael Herman argues for intelligence professionalism as a
contribution to international security and for its encouragement as
a world standard. The modern challenge is for intelligence to
support international cooperation in ways originally developed to
advance national interests, while at the same time developing some
restraint and international "rules of the game," in the use of
intrusive and covert methods on its traditional targets. The
effects of 11 September on this challenge are discussed in a
thoughtful afterword.
Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of
the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples,
this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the
'intelligence community' and assessing its value. The author, a
former senior British intelligence officer, describes intelligence
activities, the purposes which the system serves, and the causes
and effects of its secrecy. He considers 'intelligence failure' and
how organisation and management can improve the chances of success.
Using parallels with the information society and the current search
for efficiency in public administration as a whole, the book
explores the issues involved in deciding how much intelligence is
needed and discusses the kinds of management necessary. In his
conclusions Michael Herman discusses intelligence's national value
in the post-Cold War world. He also argues that it has important
contributions to make to international security, but that its
threat-inducing activities should be kept in check.
When she was three months old, Michelle Herman's daughter, Grace,
went on a hunger strike. At six, she suffered what can only be
described, in the old-fashioned way, as a breakdown. And at the
ripe old age of eight, she began a study of the nature of "true
romance." Motherhood may come naturally, but it doesn't necessarily
come easily--certainly not as easily as it seemed to "this" mother
when she vowed to do a better job than her own mother had. But the
real trouble started when Herman decided that "better" wasn't good
enough: she would be the "perfect" mother. A memoir from the front
lines of motherhood by a longtime writer of fiction, "The Middle of
Everything" weaves a daughter's memories of her Brooklyn childhood
in the 1950s and 1960s, and the shadow cast on it by her own young
mother's paralyzing depression, with a middle-aged woman's account
of trying to break her mother's mold by meeting her own child's
every need. A story of love of all kinds, of work and friendship
(especially best-friendship, its rewards and perils both), of the
charms of other people's families, of the miseries and pleasures of
aging, and of the twists of the ties that bind each generation to
the next, Michelle Herman's book is an energetic, exhaustive,
lacerating, unflinching, and often hilarious inside look at the
very nature of motherhood.
Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples, this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the "intelligence community" and assessing its value. Michael Herman, a former senior British Intelligence officer, describes the various components of intelligence; discusses what intelligence is for; considers issues of accuracy, evaluation and efficiency; and makes recommendations for the future of intelligence in the post-Cold War world.
The two thought-provoking, extended essays that make up Stories We
Tell Ourselves draw from the author's richly diverse experiences
and history, taking the reader on a deeply pleasurable walk to
several unexpectedly profound destinations. A steady accumulation
of fascinating science, psychoanalytic theory, and cultural
history-ranging as far and wide as neuro-ophthalmology, ancient
dream interpretation, and the essential differences between Jung
and Freud-is smoothly intermixed with vivid anecdotes, entertaining
digressions, and a disarming willingness to risk everything in the
course of a revealing personal narrative. "Dream Life" plumbs the
depth of dreams-conceptually, biologically, and as the nursery of
our most meaningful metaphors-as it considers dreams and dreaming
every whichway: from the haruspicy of the Roman Empire to
contemporary sleep and dream science, from the way birds dream to
the way babies do, from our longing to tell them to the reasons we
wish other people wouldn't. "Seeing Things" recounts a journey of
mother and daughter-a Holmes-and-Watson pair intrepidly working
their way through the mysteries of a disorder known as Alice in
Wonderland Syndrome-even as it restlessly detours into the world
beyond the looking glass of the unconscious itself. In essays that
constantly offer layers of surprises and ever-deeper insights, the
author turns a powerful lens on the relationships that make up a
family, on expertise and unsatisfying diagnoses, on science and art
and the pleasures of contemplation and inquiry-and on our fears,
regrets, hopes, and (of course) dreams.
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