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Pre-War Intelligence and Iraqs WMD Threat - Intelligence Blundering or Intelligence Laundering?

John Hughes WIlson

This article assesses the politicization of intelligence and the factors that led to the UK government's insistence that Iraq posed a sufficient threat to British interests to justify war.

A Spy at Woomera? How an Airman Nearly Panicked Harold Macmillan and Robert Menzies

But before too long this trivial inquiry was to generate anxious telegrams to Harold Macmillan from his Australian counterpart, Sir Robert Menzies, fearful of the collapse of American confidence in the Dominion’s ability to maintain military security.

Both Sides of the Hill Intelligence in the Crete and Arnhem Campaigns

The Cretan campaign shows how one side’s superior intelligence cannot compensate for inferior air power, infirmity of purpose and rigidity of mind; Arnhem illustrates the folly not so much of making inadequate use of available intelligence but of wilfully