In Spies We Trust The Story of Western Intelligence

Name: In Spies We Trust The Story of Western Intelligence
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ISBN: 9780199580972

ISBN-10: 0199580979

ISBN-13: 9780199580972

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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Tells the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship for the first time - ranging from the deceits of World War I to the mendacities of 9/11.Why did we ever start trusting spies? It all started a hundred years ago. First we put our faith in them to help win wars, then we turned against the bloodshed and expense, and asked our spies instead to deliver peace and security. By the end of World War II, Britain and America were cooperating effectively to that end. At its peak in the 1940s and 1950s, the 'special intelligence relationship' contributed to national and international security in what was an Anglo-American century.But from the 1960s this 'special relationship' went…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/25/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.49" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is professor emeritus of American history, Edinburgh University. His previous books include "The CIA and American Democracy," "Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War," and "Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence," all published by Yale University Press.



List of Illustrations


Prologue: An American in Bruges



The Separate Origins of American and British Intelligence



Great War Origins of the Anglo-American Intelligence Partnership



Implications of the Zimmermann Telegram



The Special Intelligence Relationship in the Second World War



CIA: The New Model Agency



Surviving Mistrust: Cold War Intelligence Episodes



Vietnam, Guyana, Ramparts: Trust in Decline



An American Gift: Government in the Sunshine



The Distant Cousin: America Goes its Own Way



Europol



The Quest for European Intelligence



Beyond the Old West


Abbreviations Used in the Notes


Endnotes


Bibliography


Illustrations Acknowledgements


Index