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HISTORY OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: DOUBLE AGENTS IN WORLD WAR II
Nikola Tabain
; Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske
Abstract
Services that constitute the intelligence system in a contemporary democratic society play a key role in the protection of its national security and national interests. The intelligence system comprises intelligence, security and counterintelligence services. These services utilize different methods and collection disciplines in order to add value to the collected data through their processing and analysis, ultimately creating intelligence. The first part of this work presents the basic concepts of intelligence and national security. The field of counterintelligence and its role in peace and war is presented in more detail, emphasizing its fields of activity, goals, methods and techniques. The second part covers the intelligence systems of the United Kingdom and Germany in the interwar period and during the Second World War. Utilizing the case-study method, the work presents the conflict between the two aforementioned (counter)intelligence systems, their respective differences, and finally draws a conclusion about their efficacy in achieving their mission – victory in war.
Keywords
intelligence; counterintelligence; national security; World War II
Hrčak ID:
237432
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2019.
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