{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-intelligence-an-international-security-history","title":"The Rise and Fall of Intelligence: An International Security History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis sweeping history of the development of professional  institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.  During the Cold War  only the alliances clustered around the two superpowers maintained viable intelligence endeavors  whereas a century ago  many states could aspire to be competitive at these dark arts. Today  larger states have lost their monopoly on intelligence skills and capabilities as technological and sociopolitical changes have made it possible for private organizations and even individuals to unearth secrets and influence global events.  Historian Michael Warner addresses the birth of professional intelligence in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century and the subsequent rise of US intelligence during the Cold War. He brings this history up to the present day as intelligence agencies used the struggle against terrorism and the digital revolution to improve capabilities in the 2000s. Throughout  the book examines how states and other entities use intelligence to create  exploit  and protect secret advantages against others  and emphasizes how technological advancement and ideological competition drive intelligence  improving its techniques and creating a need for intelligence and counterintelligence activities to serve and protect policymakers and commanders.  The world changes intelligence and intelligence changes the world. This sweeping history of espionage and intelligence will be a welcomed by practitioners  students  and scholars of security studies  international affairs  and intelligence  as well as general audiences interested in the evolution of espionage and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945916461109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1626160465","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781626160460.jpg?v=1769915128","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-intelligence-an-international-security-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}