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Full Description
For more than half a century, the Joint Intelligence Committee or 'JIC' has been a central component of the British Government's secret machinery. It represents the highest authority in the world of intelligence and acts as a broker between the spy and the policy-maker. From WWII to the War in Iraq, and from the Falklands to the IRA, it has been involved in almost every key foreign policy decision. This book reveals the declassified papers of the JIC, shining a light on the workings of Whitehall's secret world and the vital, previously unknown, role played by intelligence in pivotal events across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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 Targetting; 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 the PLO and 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; Bibliography; Appendix: Chairmen of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
