Paul Maddrell, "Spy Chiefs: Volume 2: Intelligence Leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia"
English | ISBN: 162616522X | 2017 | 288 pages | EPUB | 1185 KB
Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, however, the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret influence abroad and engages in repression at home.
