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The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee: Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis book cover

1st Edition

The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis

By Michael K. Goodman Copyright 2014
492 Pages
by Routledge

492 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

492 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy. For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, providing a co-ordinated... Read more

Foreword by Jon Day  Glossary  Introduction  Part I: Origins, 1936-1939  1: Why Joint Intelligence?  2: Building a Foundation  Part II: War, 1939-1945  3: The Onset of War: 1939-1940  4: Stabilisation: 1941-1942  5: Preparing for the End, 1943-1945  Part Three: New Threats, 1945-1957  6: A New Identity, 1945-1957  7: Creating a World-Wide Intelligence Network  8: Changing Enemies: The Rise of the Soviet Union, 1945-1947  9: The Bear: The Emergence and Stabilisation of the Cold War, 1947-1957  10: Studying the Soviet War Machine  11: War in the Far East: Part I – Conflict in China and Korea  12: War in the Far East: Part II – Problems n the Colonies  13: Adventures in the Middle East: Part I – The Rise of Nationalism  14: Adventures in the Middle East: Part II – The Suez Crisis  Conclusion

Biography

Michael S. Goodman is Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author or editor of five previous books, including the Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies (co-editor, 2013).

'Michael Goodman’s The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee: Volume I (Routledge) should help make up for the neglect in spy literature of the JIC. The alpha and omega of intelligence bureaucracy, it influences what spies spy on and interprets their reports for policymakers. Well written and wisely judged, this first volume takes us through the second world war to Suez.' --Alan Judd, Spectator ‘Books of the Year’

'Other than providing assessments, the study also highlights the broader management functions of the committee, its role in security matters, as well as other related subjects, and role in helping develop the bourgeoning transatlantic special intelligence relationship, maintaining British influence at a time when the balance of power shifted across the Atlantic. In summary, this is an important, highly readable, account of the JIC and its impact on Britain’s foreign and defence policy.'

Daniel W. B. Lomas, Journal of Intelligence History, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2015

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