{"product_id":"global-intelligence-paul-todd-9781842771136","title":"Global Intelligence: The World's Secret Services Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe CIA, the KGB, MI5, Mossad, Boss, Savak, Dina - the names read like a rollcall of the seamier side of history in the years following the Second World War. Today the Cold War is dead; there are fewer dictatorships; and 9\/11 has created a whole new \u003ci\u003eraison d'etre\u003c\/i\u003e for covert action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explains how the war on terrorism provides a wholly new context for the murky world secret services and intelligence agencies operate in, and describes in detail how ultra-modern new technologies have vastly increased their power to spy abroad and eavesdrop at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis up-to-date account raises important issues, including the new roles the secret services have found for themselves as they target 'rogue states', 'the war on drugs', and 'terrorists'. Most important of all, its authors explore the unsolved contradiction between the world of these secretive and unaccountable agencies operating on the fringes of the law, and the requirements of a free and democratic society. There is, they conclude, 'no easy walk to freedom'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Bloch, Paul Todd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842771132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842771136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.08w x 0.66d","brand":"Jonathan Bloch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077581140223,"sku":"9781842771136","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c619d8b-400b-477e-9204-91bc24abcf49.jpg?v=1685470714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-intelligence-paul-todd-9781842771136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}