Intelligence Elsewhere: Spies and Espionage Outside the Anglosphere

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Intelligence Elsewhere: Spies and Espionage Outside the Anglosphere

Author(s): Philip H. J. Davies (Editor, Contributor), Kristian C. Gustafson (Editor, Contributor), Stephen Welch (Contributor), Ralph D. Sawyer (Contributor), Abdulaziz A. Al-Asmari (Contributor), Robert Johnson (Contributor), Carl Anthony Wege (Contributor), Peter Gill (Contributor), Lee Wilson (Contributor), Ken Kotani (Contributor), Emmanuel Kwesi Aning (Contributor), Emma Birikorang (Contributor), Ernest Ansah Lartey (Contributor), Eduardo E. Estévez (Contributor), Wilhelm Agrell (Contributor), Lauri Holmström (Contributor)

  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • Publication Date: 1 May 2013
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 256 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1589019563
  • ISBN-13: 9781589019560

Book Description

Intelligence Elsewhere is the first scholarly volume to deal exclusively with the comparative study of national intelligence outside of the Anglosphere and great-power European mainstream. Much of the existing literature on intelligence is heavily focused on the traditional intelligence powers of the ABCA (America-Britain-Canada-Australia) countries, with sidelines into the major European players: France, Germany, and of course Russia. This edited volume will take a different approach. First, it will start with the deep historical and cultural origins of intelligence in several countries of critical importance today: India, China, the Arab world, and indeed Russia, the latter examined from a fresh perspective. In the next section of the book, authors examine modern intelligence practice in countries with organizations significantly different from the mainstream: Iran, Pakistan, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Indonesia, Argentina, and Ghana. These chapters will deal with matters of intelligence history, current practice, and security sector reform.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Provides a good collection of chapters . . . that differ from the majority of literature. . . . A solid introduction.

The book is a fine contribution to the field of intelligence studies and would be of interest to a wide variety of readers.

Well-sourced and precise in its assertions . . . for students and practitioners of intelligence, this will be a valuable addition to their collection. It is also worth mentioning that many of these case studies could stand alone as primers or reference material on individual countries and intelligence services.

About the Author

Philip H. J. Davies is a senior lecturer and director of Brunel University’s Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies in the United Kingdom. Kristian C. Gustafson is a lecturer and deputy director of Brunel University’s Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies.

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