On Intelligence
The History of Espionage and the Secret World
$24.80
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2017
Summary
This book is a professional military-intelligence officer’s and a controversial insider’s view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the recent war with Iraq. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyses not just the events that conspire to cause disaster, but why crucial intelligence is so often ignored, misunderstood or spun by politicians and seasoned generals alike.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472122070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472122070 |
| Author: | Colonel John Hughes-Wilson, John Hughes-Wilson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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About The Author
Colonel John Hughes-Wilson
Colonel John Hughes-Wilson, the past President of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, is one of Britain’s leading military historians, and a well-reviewed author and commentator on a wide range of intelligence and military historical subjects. He lectures for a number of international, governmental and academic organisations.
His books include the best-selling Military Intelligence Blunders, Blindfold and Alone and A Brief History of the Cold War. His The Puppet Masters, a history of intelligence, was short listed for the Westminster Gold Medal. His books have been translated into 6 languages, including Japanese and Turkish. He has produced over 150 articles and broadcasts worldwide on defence and related subjects, and in 2012 he was selected to be the author of the Imperial War Museum’s official History of the First World War.
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