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In this ground-breaking volume, Colonel John Hughes-Wilson charts the history of intelligence- from its biblical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age- and lifts the veil of secrecy off this clandestine and murky world. Comprehensive in its range, On Intelligence skillfully examines the dangerous uncertainties of spies and human intelligence; how the Cold War became an electronic intelligence war; the technical revolution that began with he use of reconnaissance photography in the First World War and during the Cuban Missile Crisis; how signals intelligence gave America one of its greatest victories; how Wikileaks really happened; and whether 9/11 could have been avoided if America's post-Cold War intelligence agencies had adapted to the new world of international terrorism. From yesterday's spies to tomorrow's cyber world, On Intelligence is a fascinating and thought-provoking insight into this ever-changing and ever-relevant subject.

Colonel John Hughes-Wilson, the past President of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, is one of Britain?s leading military historians, and a well-reviewed author and commentator and on a wide range of intelligence and military historical subjects. He lectures for a number of international, governmental and academic organisations.

His books include the best-selling Military Intelligence Blunders, Blindfold and Alone and A Brief History of the Cold War. His The Puppet Masters, a history of intelligence, was short listed for the Westminster Gold Medal. His books have been translated into 6 languages, including Japanese and Turkish. He has produced over 150 articles and broadcasts worldwide on defence and related subjects, and in 2012 he was selected to be the author of the Imperial War Museum?s official History of the First World War.