Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013

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These 18 case studies look at the key moments in the Joint Intelligence Committee's history. Each includes a contextualising introduction, a full reproduction of an original Committee document that influenced the government's policy response, and explanatory footnotes. 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