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  Title

  National security intelligence : secret operations in defense of the democracies

  Author

  Johnson, Loch K., 1942-  

  Publisher:

  Polity,

  Pub date:

  2012.

  Pages:

  xv, 228 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780745649399

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    UB270 .J64 2012	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780745649399 (cased)

  ISBN:

  0745649394 (cased)

  ISBN:

  9780745649405 (pbk.)

  ISBN:

  0745649408 (pbk.)

  029:

  AU@ 000048032871

  029:

  DEBBG BV039739661

  Personal Author:

  Johnson, Loch K., 1942-

  Title:

  National security intelligence : secret operations in defense of the democracies / Loch K. Johnson.

  Publication info:

  Cambridge : Polity, 2012.

  Physical description:

  xv, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  The first line of defense -- Intelligence collection and analysis: knowing about the world -- Covert action: secret attempts to shape history -- Counterintelligence: the hunt for moles -- Safeguards against the abuse of secret power -- National security intelligence: shield and hidden sword of the democracies.

  Summary:

  National security intelligence is a vast, complicated, and important topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it. This definitive introduction to the field guides readers skilfully through this hidden side of government. It not only explains the three primary missions of intelligence - information collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action - it also explores the wider dilemmas posed by the existence of secret government organizations in 'open' societies. With over thirty-five years of experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, Loch Johnson illuminates difficult questions such as why intelligence organizations make mistakes in assessing world events; why some intelligence officers decide to work against their own country on behalf of foreign regimes; and how agencies succumb to scandals, including spying on the very citizens they are meant to protect. National Security Intelligence is tailor-made to meet the interests of students and general readers who care about how nations protect themselves against threats through the establishment of intelligence organizations - and how they continue to strive for safeguards to prevent the misuse of this secret power. -- Book Description.

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  Subject term:

  Intelligence service.

  Subject term:

  National security.

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