Historical Dictionary of Intelligence Failures

Like an ever-growing tree, the series of historical dictionaries inaugurated under the Scarecrow Press label, and now published with the imprint of parent company Rowman & Littlefield, has in recent years been sub-divided into branches, of which one encompasses intelligence and counter-intelligence. This latest addition has been written by a retired British intelligence official who has two earlier volumes to his credit. Although it follows the usual pattern of the series, it differs somewhat from the publisher’s normal style in featuring a comparatively small number of entries (about 120) but of considerably longer than the average length, sometimes up to...