Rory Cormac
Rory Cormac is an Associate Professor of International Relations specialising in Secret Intelligence, Covert Action, and National Security. Between 2015 and 2017, he held an AHRC Fellowship examining British approaches to covert action, 1945-1968. Rory is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Interviews with Rory Cormac
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1
Covert Action: Central Intelligence Agency and the Limits of American Intervention in the Post-War World
by Gregory Treverton -
2
Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
by William J Daugherty -
3
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949
by Keith Jeffery -
4
The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West
by Christopher Andrew & Vasili Mitrokhin -
5
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
by Ronen Bergman
The best books on Covert Action, recommended by Rory Cormac
The best books on Covert Action, recommended by Rory Cormac
Many of us live in democracies and believe in government transparency, but the truth is our leaders have considerable scope to engage in secret operations overseas. Rory Cormac talks us through five books on ‘covert action,’ and some of the countries that have embraced it as a policy tool.
