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Next War

Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvTimothy Andrews Sayle

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The threat of nuclear conflict loomed menacingly over the world during the Cold War. Early warning of an attack was a crucial focus for military and political intelligence. Intelligence networks in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom came together, forming a tripartite intelligence relationship dedicated to indications that the Cold War would turn hot. The Next War is the first full account of the development of the allied indications network. Timothy Andrews Sayle dives deeply into recently declassified documents to explore this previously hidden history. He traces the decisions and choices made by intelligence organizations in Canada, United States, and United Kingdom to coordinate their assessments despite different, sometimes conflicting, national agendas, ideological positions, and levels of trust.From early appreciations of the possibility of war with the Soviet Union to a formal agreement and communications network designed to link the intelligence establishments of Ottawa, London, and Washington, the tripartite intelligence relationship of the allied indications network established the basis for the close cooperation that continues to this day.The Next War widens our understanding of Cold War intelligence history through exemplary scholarship and extensive foraging within the documentary record. With its descriptions of the evolution of national indications intelligence structures and the diplomacy and debates between allied capitals this book explains Canada's prominent role alongside its intelligence partners.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-07-31
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBeyond Boundaries
Antal sidor256
FörlagUniversity of Calgary Press
ISBN9781773856230

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Introduction: The War of 196? Indications of the Third World War The Last War Section 1: Imminence of War Chapter 1: A Third World War in the Making?Partner or Prophylactic? World War Three?Toward a Shared Appreciation The Cold War BeginsFirst Try The Importance of Combined Intelligence US-Canadian Differences US-Canadian AgreementJIC 1 (Final) An American Attack? Conclusion Chapter 2: Agreed Intelligence The Threat to North America War Planning ACAI (American-Canadian Agreed Intelligence)Towards ABC Intelligence The First and Last ABCI Conference ABCI 15 Part I of ABCI 15 Putting ABCI Part 1 to Use Aftermath Soviet Intentions A Fresh Start Chapter 3: The Most Important QuestionThe Greatest Danger The Meaning of Korea Now or Later The Politics of Danger The Canadian View from Abroad The End of ImminenceFrom "Imminence" to "Risks" The Likelihood of War Comparison with the US & UKEvidence The World Turns Section 2: Indications of War Chapter 4: The Origins of Indications Intelligence US Origins, 1948-1950 United Kingdom and Canada (1950-53) A Model for Americans and Canadians (1953-54) Chapter 5: The Tripartite Intelligence Alerts Agreement Injecting Words of Caution A Canadian Indications Room Waiting for an American Response Bilaterals and Trilaterals Building an Indications Room in Ottawa Agreement Chapter 6: The Alerts Agreement in Action Communications Issues How to and When to Invoke the Agreement Building a Canadian Indications Room, Part 2 The Canadians Want to Go Global Setting the Indicator List The Crisis of 1958The First ALE Message The Berlin Crises, and the Broken Cables The Canadian Indications Procedure The Cuban Missile Crisis Conclusion: A Semi-Dormant but Continuing Agreement Bibliography Acknowledgements End Notes Index