Conflict and Cooperation in Intelligence and Security Organisations

This book provides an institutional costs framework for intelligence and security communities to examine the factors that can encourage or obstruct cooperation.

Autorentext

James Thomson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. The eldest of three brothers, James left school aged 15 to begin an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering. On his 20th birthday, James became a qualified mechanical fitter, he left his job before his 21st birthday and has since worked on many important sites across Europe. He moved to Dublin in 1994. He married in 1995 and has since divorced. James has two sons, William and Luke. He still lives in Dublin.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. The Development of an Institutional Costs Framework for Security and Intelligence 3. Counterterrorism and Cooperative Success and Failure in the Intelligence and Security Spheres 4. Counterterrorism, Collaboration, and Direction and Oversight 5. The Paradoxical Case of Cooperative Success and Failure in Military and Defence Intelligence 6. The Relative Management and Cooperation of the Upper Levels of Defence Intelligence in the United Kingdom and the United States 7. Conclusion