On Intelligence

This ground-breaking volume charts the history of intelligence from its biblical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age- and lifts the veil of secrecy off this clandestine and murky world. Comprehensive in its range. On Intelligence skillfully examines the dangerous uncertainties of spies and human intelligence; how the Cold War became an electronic intelligence war; during the Cuban Missile Crisis; how signals intelligence gave America one of its greatest victories; how Wikileaks really happened; and whether 9/11 could have been avoided. From yesterday's spies to today's cyber world, On Intelligence is a fascinating insight on the informers, renegades and rogues who have caused unknown trouble to their governments.

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