Snitch! offers a vivid account of how some citizens actively assist state surveillance by "informing" on others.



Autorentext



Dr Steve Hewitt is an expert on security and intelligence and Senior Lecturer in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham. Among the courses he teaches are a history of American intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve Hewitt regularly appears on television and radio commenting on issues of terrorism and security.



Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. "Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society:" The Nature of Informing

3. Informing History

4. Famous Informers

5. The Informer State

6. Informers in the "War on Terror"

7. Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Titel
Snitch!
Untertitel
A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer
EAN
9781441190253
ISBN
978-1-4411-9025-3
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.02.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.09 MB
Anzahl Seiten
224
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch