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Bringing a dose of reality to the stuff of literary thrillers, this masterful study is the first closely detailed, comparative analysis of the evolution of the modern British and American intelligence communities.

Table of Contents

Timeline of Key Developments in the UK Intelligence Community Machinery
1. British Intelligence in a Comparative Context
2. The Whitehall Village Market for Intelligence: The JIC System Prior to 2001
3. Britain under Siege, 1900–40
4. Mobilizing a Central Intelligence Machinery, 1940–45
5. The Formalization of Improvisation, 1945–47
6. Consolidation and Elaboration, 1947–56
7. The Great Centralization, 1957–66
8. Testing Times, 1967–91
9. All Change, 1991–2002
10. Deaf Captains Pick Cherries—Iraq, 2002–3
11. Great Shows of Reform, 2005–10
12. Lessons Learned, Lessons Not Learned, and Lessons Unlearned
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Philip H.J. Davies, PhD, is director of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies at Brunel University, London, England.