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RR 2004/311 Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security Edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner Gale Farmington Hills, MI 2004 ISBN 0 7876 7456 6 $325 3 vols Also available as an e-book, ISBN 0 7876 7762 0
Keywords Intelligence, Security, Espionage
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120410553894
Reviewers sometimes encounter a reference book which covers a field less extensive than what the title seems to promise, but even more rarely one appears that actually takes a wider view than the tide's indications. The Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security is one of the latter, for the editors have interpreted "security" in its widest sense, going beyond the boundaries of espionage or intelligence. Thus, in the first volume (the only one made available for review) will be found articles not only on organizations concerned with intelligence (e.g. the United States Coast Guard) and terrorist...