Beyond States and Spies: The Security Intelligence Services of the Private Sector (Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare) - Hardcover

Sage-Passant, Lewis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1399543652 ISBN 13: 9781399543651

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Scholars have long viewed intelligence as the preserve of nation states. Where the term ‘private sector intelligence’ is used, the focus has been overwhelmingly on government contractors. As such, a crucial aspect of intelligence power has been overlooked: the use of intelligence by corporations to navigate and influence the world. Where there has been academic scrutiny of the field, it is seen as a post-9/11 phenomenon, and that a state monopoly of intelligence has been eroded. Beyond States and Spies demonstrates - through original research - that such a monopoly never existed. Private sector intelligence is at least as old as the organised intelligence activities of the nation state. The book offers a comparative examination of private and public intelligence, and makes a compelling case for understanding the dangers posed by unregulated intelligence in private hands. Overall, this casts new light on a hitherto under investigated academic space.

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About the Author

Lewis Sage-Passant is the Global Head of Intelligence at one of the world’s most valuable companies and researches in the field of intelligence and espionage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399543652
• ISBN 13: 9781399543651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360