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Title Spy chiefs. Volume 2, Intelligence leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia / Paul Maddrell [and three others], editors ; foreword by Sir Richard Dearlove.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]
2018

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages)
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Note This book grew out of two academic meetings. The first was a panel, organized by Paul Maddrell, on Intelligence Leaders in International Relations at the 55th annual convention of the International Studies Association in Toronto, Canada, in March 2014. This led to a second, a conference entitled Spy Chiefs: Intelligence Leaders in History, Culture and International Relations, which was organized by Christopher Moran and his colleagues at Warwick University and held at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava in Venice, Italy, in May of that year. The purpose of these meetings was to discuss the leadership of intelligence and security agencies; what good leadership of such agencies is and what impact it has had on the performance of the agencies concerned--Preface to volume 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been an essential advisor for heads of state and the leader of the state security apparatus. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been largely brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who designs intrigue abroad and fosters repression at home. This second volume of Spy Chiefs provides a close-up look at intelligence leadership, good and bad. The contributors to the volumes try to answer the following questions: how do intelligence leaders operate in different national, institutional and historical contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of international relations? How much power do they possess? What qualities make an effective intelligence leader? How secretive and accountable to the public have they been? This book goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of the United States and Britain to examine leaders from Renaissance Venice to twentieth century Russia, Germany, India, Egypt, and Lebanon.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Intelligence service -- Congresses.
Intelligence service -- History -- Congresses.
Espionage -- Congresses.
Espionage -- History -- Congresses.
International relations -- Congresses.
Leadership -- Case studies -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Maddrell, Paul, editor.
Dearlove, Richard, writer of foreword.
Other Form: Print version: Spy chiefs. Volume 2, Intelligence leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2018 289 pages 9781626165229 (DLC) 2017008735
ISBN 9781626165229
9781626165236 (e-book)

 
    
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