What is it about?
It's a careful examination of how the US and British intelligence services grew, joined forces in times of need and eventually grew apart as they determined different strategies for a common enemy
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Why is it important?
Accurate intelligence gathering is crucial to national security. The author makes a good case as to how sometimes that involves taking steps, and sometimes bending rules to achieve that goal
Perspectives
One of my interests has been the study of intelligence gathering over the years, especially in the 20th century.
Dr. John Morello
DeVry University
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This page is a summary of: In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence. By Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones. Oxford University Press. 2013, 2015. xvi + 297pp. £12.99., History, January 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1468-229x.12355.
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