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  • Reuven Shiloah - the Man Behind the Mossadby Haggai Eshed

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 61.95

    This is the story of Reuven Shiloah - the man who established the Mossad, and laid the foundations for the intelligence community of the State of Israel. The book is based on private archives, and interviews with people who worked closely with Shiloah both in Israel and abroad. more...

  • British Military Service Tribunals, 1916-18by James McDermott

    Manchester University Press 2011; US$ 95.00

    Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service. Swiftly, they gained two opposing yet equally unflattering reputations. In the eyes of the military, they were soft, obstructionist ‘old duffers’. To most of the men who came before... more...

  • Freedom to Serveby Jon E. Taylor

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 27.95

    On the eve of America?s entry into World War II, African American leaders pushed for inclusion in the war effort and, after the war, they mounted a concerted effort to integrate the armed services. Harry S. Truman?s decision to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which resulted in the integration of the armed forces, was an important event in twentieth... more...

  • Airborne Espionageby David Oliver

    The History Press 2013; US$ 29.15

    At the outbreak of World War I there was no formal organisation for the transport of spies across enemy lines by aircraft and no communications network between the air forces and their agents. The exploits of British and Commonwealth, American, Free European, Soviet, German, Italian and Japanese airmen and units are recorded in this account. more...

  • Secret Weaponsby Cheryl Hersha; Lynn Hersha; Dale Griffis; Ted Schwarz

    New Horizon Press 2013; US$ 25.95

    As children, two sisters became pawns in a top secret government program to train guerrilla leaders, assassins and information couriers: secret weapons for American intelligence services. Years passed; the sisters grew up, married and had children. But inside lay dormant, hidden skills - weapons training, reconnaissance work, pilot training and more... more...

  • Intelligence in Warby John Keegan

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2003; US$ 17.00

    John Keegan, whose many books, including classic histories of the two world wars, have confirmed him as the premier miltary historian of our time, here presents a masterly look at the value and limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war. Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerable endeavor. And it often fails. Until the... more...

  • A Look Over My Shoulderby Richard Helms; William Hood; Henry A. Kissinger

    Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 18.00

    A Look over My Shoulder begins with President Nixon?s attempt to embroil the Central Intelligence Agency, of which Richard Helms was then the director, in the Watergate cover-up. Helms then recalls his education in Switzerland and Germany and at Williams College; his early career as a foreign correspondent in Berlin, during which he once lunched... more...

  • Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Informationby Gregory F. Treverton; Charles Jr. Wolf

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00

    Gregory Treverton, former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council and Senate investigator, offers his views on how intelligence gathering and analysis must change. He suggests why intelligence needs to be both contrarian and attentive to the longer term. more...

  • Army Biometric Applicationsby John D. Woodward; Katharine W. Webb; Elaine M. Newton; Melissa Bradley; David Rubenson

    RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95

    Every human possesses virtually infallible forms of identification. Known as biometrics, examples include fingerprints. The US Army has undertaken an assessment of how it can use biometrics to improve security, efficiency and convenience. This report examines the sociocultural concerns that arise. more...

  • The Emergence of Peer Competitorsby Thomas S. Szayna; Daniel L. Byman; Steven C. Bankes; Derek Eaton; Seth G. Jones

    RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95

    This report presents a framework for intelligence analysts to use to think systematically about the potential for the rise of a peer competitor to the United States. Using exploratory techniques, the pathways of the various proto-peer and hegemon interactions are modelled. more...