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''Intelligence'' as used here, when done properly, serves a function for organizations similar to that which Intelligence (trait) serves for individual humans and animals. Intelligence collection is often controversial and seen as a threat to Privacy . While usually associated with Warfare , intelligence can also be used to preserve Peace , or the illusion of peace.


WELL-KNOWN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS

See Also: List of intelligence agencies



Canada

Germany

India

Pakistan

Israel

Russia

United Kingdom

United States


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REFERENCE


Surveys

  • Andrew, Christopher. ''For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush'' (1996)

  • Black, Ian. ''Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services'' (1992)

  • Bungert, Heike et al eds. ''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'' (2003) essays by scholars

  • Kahn, David ''The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet'' (1996), 1200 pages

  • Lerner, K. Lee and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, eds. ''Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security'' (2003), 1100 pages. 850 articles, strongest on technology

  • O'Toole, George. ''Honorable Treachery: A History of U.S. Intelligence, Espionage, Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA'' (1991)

  • Owen, David. ''Hidden Secrets: A Complete History of Espionage and the Technology Used to Support It'' (2002), popular

  • Richelson, Jeffery T. ''A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'' (1997)

  • Richelson, Jeffery T. ''The U.S. Intelligence Community'' (4th ed. 1999)

  • West, Nigel. ''MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations 1909-1945'' (1983)

  • West, Nigel. ''Secret War: The Story of SOE, Britain's Wartime Sabotage Organization'' (1992)

  • Wohlstetter, Roberta. ''Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision'' (1962)



World War I

  • Beesly, Patrick. ''Room 40''. (1982). Covers the breaking of German codes by RN intelligence, including the Turkish bribe, Zimmermann telegram, and failure at Jutland.

  • May, Ernest (ed.) ''Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence Assessment before the Two World Wars'' (1984)

  • Tuchman, Barbara W. ''The Zimmermann Telegram'' (1966)



World War II: 1931-1945

  • Babington-Smith, Constance. ''Air Spy: The Story of Photo Intelligence in World War II'' (1957)

  • Hinsley, F. H. ''British Intelligence in the Second World War'' (1996) abridged version of multivolume official history.

  • Jones, R. V. ''The Wizard War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945'' (1978)

  • Kahn, David. ''Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II'' (1978)

  • Kahn, David. ''Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939-1943'' (1991)

  • Lewin, Ronald. ''The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan'' (1982)

  • May, Ernest (ed.) ''Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence Assessment before the Two World Wars'' (1984)

  • Smith, Richard Harris. ''OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency'' (2005)

  • Stanley, Roy M. ''World War II Photo Intelligence'' (1981)

  • Wark, Wesley. ''The Ultimate Enemy: British Intelligence and Nazi Germany, 1933-1939'' (1985)

  • Wark, Wesley K."Cryptographic Innocence: The Origins of Signals Intelligence in Canada in the Second World War", ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 22 (1987)



Cold War Era: 1945-1991



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