A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action
Covert action can be an important weapon in a state’s arsenal. It is, however, inherently controversial and risky. Rory Cormac, Michael S Goodman and Tom Holman argue that when considering covert action, Whitehall should look to lessons from the recent past. The UK has long used covert action, and h...
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| description | Covert action can be an important weapon in a state’s arsenal. It is, however, inherently controversial and risky. Rory Cormac, Michael S Goodman and Tom Holman argue that when considering covert action, Whitehall should look to lessons from the recent past. The UK has long used covert action, and how best to manage and co-ordinate such sensitive activity was for many decades a key preoccupation of its policy-makers and politicians. Given the secrecy involved, these lessons, and the machinery created, have been lost to history. Yet with covert action seemingly now back on the agenda, previous experience and hard-learnt lessons have assumed renewed importance. |
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| spelling | nottingham-326872020-05-04T17:44:45Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32687/ A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action Cormac, Rory Goodman, Michael S. Tom, Holman Covert action can be an important weapon in a state’s arsenal. It is, however, inherently controversial and risky. Rory Cormac, Michael S Goodman and Tom Holman argue that when considering covert action, Whitehall should look to lessons from the recent past. The UK has long used covert action, and how best to manage and co-ordinate such sensitive activity was for many decades a key preoccupation of its policy-makers and politicians. Given the secrecy involved, these lessons, and the machinery created, have been lost to history. Yet with covert action seemingly now back on the agenda, previous experience and hard-learnt lessons have assumed renewed importance. Taylor & Francis 2016-04-27 Article PeerReviewed Cormac, Rory, Goodman, Michael S. and Tom, Holman (2016) A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action. RUSI Journal, 161 (2). pp. 14-21. ISSN 0307-1847 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2016.1174478 doi:10.1080/03071847.2016.1174478 doi:10.1080/03071847.2016.1174478 |
| spellingShingle | Cormac, Rory Goodman, Michael S. Tom, Holman A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title | A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title_full | A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title_fullStr | A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title_full_unstemmed | A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title_short | A modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
| title_sort | modern-day requirement for co-ordinated covert action |
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