Overview

Reliable information on potential security threats is not just the result of diligent intelligence work but also a product of context and culture. The volume explores the nexus between the intelligence process and strategic culture. How can and does the strategic outlook of the United States and the United Kingdom in particular, influence the intelligence gathering, assessment and dissemination process? This book contains an assessment of how political agendas and ideological outlook have significant influence on both the content and process of intelligence. It looks in particular at the premise of hearts and minds policies, culture and intelligence gathering in counterinsurgency operations; at case studies from imperial Malaya and Iran in the 1950s and at instances of intelligence failure, e.g. the case of Iraq in 2003. How was intelligence, or the lack thereof, a product of political culture and how did it play a role in the political praxis? The book shows that political agendas and the ideological outlook have a significant influence upon both the content and process of intelligence. This book was originally published as a special issue of Intelligence and National Security.

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Author:   Isabelle Duyvesteyn (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138115545

ISBN 10:   1138115541
Pages:   102
Publication Date:   24 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Foreword: Intelligence and Strategic Culture: Essays on American and British Praxis since the Second World War Joop van Reijn 2. Hearts and Minds, Cultural Awareness and Good Intelligence: The Blueprint for Successful Counter-insurgency? Isabelle Duyvesteyn 3. ‘The Sharp End of the Intelligence Machine’: The Rise of the Malayan Police Special Branch 1948-1955 Georgina Sinclair 4. Sins of Omission and Commission: Strategic Cultural Factors and U.S. Intelligence Failures During the Cold War Matthew M. Aid 5. All that Glitters is Not Gold: the 1953 Coup against Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran Andreas Etges 6. British Intelligence Failures in Iraq John N. L. Morrison 7. Intelligence and Strategic Culture: Some Observations Isabelle Duyvesteyn

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Isabelle Duyvesteyn is a senior lecturer/researcher at the Department of History of International Relations at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She works in the area of war and peace studies and has published previously on terrorism, insurgency, civil war and strategy.

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