How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence

Omand, Sir David

ISBN 10: 0241385180 / ISBN 13: 9780241385180

Published by Viking, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241385180
• ISBN 13: 9780241385180
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 450 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Intelligence officers discern the truth. They gather information - often contradictory or incomplete - and, with it, they build the most accurate possible image of the world. With the stakes at their absolute highest, they must then decide what to do.

About the Author

David Omand was the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, responsible to the Prime Minister for the professional health of the intelligence community, national counter-terrorism strategy and "homeland security". He served for seven years on the Joint Intelligence Committee. He was Permanent Secretary of the Home Office from 1997 to 2000, and before that Director of GCHQ.