Snitch!
A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2010
224 pages
978-1-4411-9025-3 (ISBN)
Description
Snitch! offers a vivid account of how some citizens actively assist state surveillance by "informing" on others.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-9025-3 (9781441190253)
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Person
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.
Content
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
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
