Description:With Snitch!, Steve Hewitt provides a thorough study of human informers, i.e., people who secretly supply information to a domestic security agency (a spy provides information to a foreign intelligence service.)a The work begins with an examination of the rise of the modern security state through the Cold War to todayOCOs ongoing OC long warOCO on terror. Using a unique comparative approach, Hewitt analyzes the practical and political aspects of informing, drawing on past and present examples from the United States, United Kingdom, former Soviet Union, and other countries. He argues that although the scale of the use of informers by domestic security agencies differs from nation to nation, the nature of their use and the impact on those targeted by this form of surveillance do not. An engaging read that combines scholarly research and specific case studies, Snitch! will appeal to anyone interested in security and intelligence as well as in issues surrounding the use of informers, especially in democratic societies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer. To get started finding Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
218
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
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Release
2014
ISBN
1441190252
Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer
Description: With Snitch!, Steve Hewitt provides a thorough study of human informers, i.e., people who secretly supply information to a domestic security agency (a spy provides information to a foreign intelligence service.)a The work begins with an examination of the rise of the modern security state through the Cold War to todayOCOs ongoing OC long warOCO on terror. Using a unique comparative approach, Hewitt analyzes the practical and political aspects of informing, drawing on past and present examples from the United States, United Kingdom, former Soviet Union, and other countries. He argues that although the scale of the use of informers by domestic security agencies differs from nation to nation, the nature of their use and the impact on those targeted by this form of surveillance do not. An engaging read that combines scholarly research and specific case studies, Snitch! will appeal to anyone interested in security and intelligence as well as in issues surrounding the use of informers, especially in democratic societies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer. To get started finding Snitch!: A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.