Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Rise of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- 2. Origins of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- 3. World War II and the Role of Intelligence in Strategic Planning -- 4. A Post-War Intelligence Machinery -- 5. Origins of the Soviet Threat -- 6. Sigint Targeting -- 7. The Berlin Blockade -- 8. Chinese Intervention in the Korean War -- 9. Estimating Soviet Capabilities -- 10. Counterinsurgency -- 11. The Suez Crisis -- 12. The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 13. Vietnam -- 14. The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 -- 15. The Rise of International Terrorism in the Middle East -- 16. Northern Ireland: Direct Rule -- 17. The Falklands War -- 18. Changing Requirements at the End of the Cold War -- 19. War in Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction -- 20. War in Iraq: Aftermath -- 21. The Joint Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council -- 22. The Syrian Civil War -- 23. Through the Looking Glass: Illusions of Openness and the Study of British Intelligence -- Appendix: Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee -- Document Sources -- Bibliography -- Index