Intelligence Power in Practice

Michael Herman, David Schaefer

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Edinburgh University Press
09 December 2024

British & Irish history; Military history; Political science & theory; Espionage & secret services; Military intelligence

Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare

This volume draws on Herman's professional experience and personal recollections to examine the past and present of British intelligence. In twenty-one chapters he offers an insider's perspective on the Cold War intelligence contest against the Soviet Union and its continuing legacy today. This includes proposals for intelligence ethics and reform in the twenty-first century, and the declassified copy of his evidence to the 2004 Butler Review. Herman also discusses the role of personalities in the British intelligence community, producing sketches of Cold War contemporaries on the JIC and several Directors of GCHQ. The combination of operational experience and academic reflection makes this volume a unique contribution to intelligence scholarship. Michael Herman (1929-2021) was the world's leading intelligence practitioner-academic. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972-75, and Head of several GCHQ Divisions in the 1970s-80s. After his professional retirement, he was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group.

By: Michael Herman, David Schaefer
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474499552
ISBN 10: 1474499554
Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 09 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Herman was an intelligence practitioner, and author of the acclaimed Intelligence Power in Peace and War (1996) among other works. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972-75, and Head of several GCHQ Divisions in the 1970s-80s. After his professional retirement, he was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group. David Schaefer is a researcher in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Ormond College in the University of Melbourne, and a Research Associate at Asialink Diplomacy.

Reviews for Intelligence Power in Practice

As one of the first intelligence practitioners from the cold war to speak openly about his experiences, Michael Herman taught something to every intelligence historian. The essays in this collection illustrate his contribution to the field. They should be read by anyone interested in intelligence history. --John Ferris, University of Calgary