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Author Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri, author.

Title In spies we trust : the story of Western intelligence / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 297 pages) : illustrations
Contents The separate origins of American and British intelligence -- Great war origins of the Anglo-American intelligence partnership -- Implications of the Zimmermann telegram -- The special intelligence relationship in the Second World War -- CIA: the new model agency -- Surviving mistrust: Cold War intelligence episodes -- Vietnam, Guyana, Ramparts: trust in decline -- An American gift: government in the sunshine -- The distant cousin: America goes its own way -- Europol -- The quest for European intelligence -- Beyond the old west
Summary In Spies We Trust reveals the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship - ranging from the deceits of World War I to the mendacities of 9/11 - for the first time. Why did we ever start trusting spies? It all started a hundred years ago. First we put our faith in them to help win wars, then we turned against the bloodshed and expense, and asked our spies instead to deliver peace and security. By the end of World War II, Britain and America were cooperating effectively to that end. At its peak in the 1940s and 1950s, the 'special intelligence relationship' contributed to national
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 30, 2013)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index
Subject Espionage, British -- History -- 20th century
Espionage, British -- History -- 21st century
Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century
Espionage, American -- History -- 21st century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Intelligence.
TRUE CRIME -- Espionage.
Diplomatic relations
Espionage, American
Espionage, British
History.
The Cold War.
International relations.
Political control & freedoms.
Warfare & defence.
Europe.
United States of America, USA.
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
General & world history.
Espionage & secret services.
Politics and Government.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056712
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089
United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003697
Subject Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191651700
0191651702
9781299469778
1299469779