Image of the Enemy

Paul Maddrell is a lecturer in modern history in the Department of Politics, History, and International Relations at Loughborough University (UK). He is the author of Spying on Science: Western Intelligence in Divided Germany, 1945-1961.

• Introduction: Achieving Objective, Policy-Relevant IntelligencePaul Maddrell 1. Soviet Leaders, Soviet Intelligence, and Changing Views of the United States, 1965-1991Raymond L. Garthoff 2. The Stasi's Reporting on the Federal Republic of GermanyPaul Maddrell 3. "We May Not Always Be Right, but We're Never Wrong": US Intelligence Assessments of the Soviet Union, 1972-1991 Benjamin B. Fischer 4. East Germany in the Sights of the West German Federal Intelligence Service: Four Examples from As Many DecadesMatthias Uhl 5. British Intelligence, PIRA, and the Early Years of the Northern Ireland Crisis: Remembering, Forgetting, and MythologizingEunan O'Halpin6. Israeli Intelligence Threat Perceptions of Palestinian Terrorist Organizations, 1948-2008Tamir Libel and Shlomo Shpiro 7. Pakistani Intelligence and India Julian Richards 8. American Intelligence Assessments of the Jihadists, 1989-2011Mark Stout Conclusion: Intelligence and PolicyPaul Maddrell List of ContributorsIndex

The interplay among the case studies is fascinating and instructive for academics and intelligence professionals alike. Studies in Intelligence A valuable addition to the historiography of modern intelligence. It is both a work of clear historical analysis as well as a catalogue of strengths and weaknesses, the understanding of which would be of great benefit to members of the intelligence community across the world today. By focusing on intelligence assessments of one's primary adversary, it highlights a factor which is often forgotten in the study of intelligence-the human role in evaluating raw intelligence material, understanding how it fits into the bigger picture, and then acting on it accordingly. Institute of Historical Research