Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-5381-0238-1 • Hardback • August 2017 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
978-1-5381-0239-8 • eBook • August 2017 • $116.50 • (£90.00)
Nigel West is the European Editor of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence and teaches the history of postwar intelligence at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies. He is the author of many books, including the Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (Scarecrow, 2005), Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence (Scarecrow, 2006), Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence (Scarecrow, 2007), and Historical Dictionary of Sexspionage (Scarecrow, 2009). In October 2003 he was awarded the U.S. Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award. In 2012 he was appointed a judge of the St Ermin’s Intelligence Book of the Year award.
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Abbreviations and Glossary
Chronology
Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Appendix 1 Operation FOXLEY
Appendix II CIA Report,Soviet Use of Assassination and Kidnapping
Appendix III CIA PB/FORTUNE Contingency Plan for Guatemala
Appendix IV CIA Report The Attack That Failed: Iraq’s Attempt to AssassinateFormer President Bush in Kuwait in April 1993.
Bibliography
Index
From military historian Nigel West, a specialist in intelligence and security issues, comes this fascinating historical contribution. The pages offer political intrigue, conspiracies, and law enforcement applications. This book is relevant, especially in a time when international relations, terrorism, and security issues are particularly concerning. The Encyclopedia of Political Assassinations details well-planned scenarios, motives, consequences, and the backgrounds of assassins. The well-organized book includes abbreviations and a glossary, as well as a chronology, introduction, and appendixes to support readers. Altogether there are more than 700 cross-referenced entries on assassinations, intelligence agencies, politics, and foreign relations. This book offers captivating reading for students, researchers, academics, and general readers. History enthusiasts will benefit from the reader-friendly format. Public and university libraries will consider this contribution an essential resource. Law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, and the secret service will also consider this book an excellent resource.
— American Reference Books Annual