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This is the fourth in the publisher's Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence series and the second written by West. Similar in format to the other works in the series, it contains a list of acronyms, a chronology (1908-2005), and entries on agencies and agents, operations, jargon, and countries, among them Cuba, Libya, and Spain but not India or Pakistan. Entries range in length from a few short sentences to one to three pages. See and see also references are indicated in boldface type. An extensive bibliography at the back of the book illustrates the scholarship and research conducted by the author. It is not, however, as thorough and in-depth as the bibliographies in other titles in the series because it tries to cover too much territory.
There is some overlap with Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (2005) and Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence (2006). One would expect to see much longer entries for key countries such as China and the former Soviet Union. Perhaps it would have been better to divide up the series' international coverage by region rather than trying to cover so much in one volume. This is a useful work, though it's not quite up to the standard of the other titles in the series. Still, it's recommended for public and academic libraries where military history, security, and intelligence are of interest.
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