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Georgetown University Press - Spy Chiefs: Volume 2 Intelligence Leaders In Europe The Middle East And Asia - Paperback
Georgetown University Press - Spy Chiefs: Volume 2 Intelligence Leaders In Europe The Middle East And Asia - Paperback
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Description: Throughout history and across cultures the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies the spy chief has become a public figure and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes however the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret influence abroad and engages in repression at home. This second volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of the United States and the United Kingdom to examine leaders from Renaissance Venice to the Soviet Union Germany India Egypt and Lebanon in the twentieth century. It provides a close - up look at intelligence leaders good and bad in the different political contexts of the regimes they served. The contributors to the volume try to answer the following questions: how do intelligence leaders operate in these different national institutional and historical contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of domestic affairs and international relations? How much power have they possessed? How have they led their agencies and what qualities make an effective intelligence leader? How has their role differed according to the political character of the regime they have served? The profiles in this book range from some of the most notorious figures in modern history such as Feliks Dzerzhinsky and Erich Mielke to spy chiefs in democratic West Germany and India.
Title: Spy Chiefs: Volume 2 Intelligence Leaders In Europe The Middle East And Asia
Brand: Georgetown University Press
Barcode: 9781626165229
Pages: 288 Pages, 6 Illustrations, Black And White; 1 Tables, Unspecified
Publication Date: 2/1/2018
Category: Political Control & Freedoms
Description: Throughout history and across cultures the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies the spy chief has become a public figure and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes however the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret influence abroad and engages in repression at home. This second volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of the United States and the United Kingdom to examine leaders from Renaissance Venice to the Soviet Union Germany India Egypt and Lebanon in the twentieth century. It provides a close - up look at intelligence leaders good and bad in the different political contexts of the regimes they served. The contributors to the volume try to answer the following questions: how do intelligence leaders operate in these different national institutional and historical contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of domestic affairs and international relations? How much power have they possessed? How have they led their agencies and what qualities make an effective intelligence leader? How has their role differed according to the political character of the regime they have served? The profiles in this book range from some of the most notorious figures in modern history such as Feliks Dzerzhinsky and Erich Mielke to spy chiefs in democratic West Germany and India.
Title: Spy Chiefs: Volume 2 Intelligence Leaders In Europe The Middle East And Asia
Brand: Georgetown University Press
Barcode: 9781626165229
Pages: 288 Pages, 6 Illustrations, Black And White; 1 Tables, Unspecified
Publication Date: 2/1/2018
Category: Political Control & Freedoms
