Davies

Davies, Barry. The Complete Encyclopedia of the SAS. London: Virgin Publishing, 1998. [pb] New ed. 2003.

[UK/Postwar/SAS; UK/RefMats]

Davies, Barry. SAS: The Illustrated History. London: Virgin Publishing, 1997.

Wahla, http://www.specwarnet.com/reviews/sas_illus_hist.htm, notes that while the book "concentrates on the modern era of the Falklands, the Gulf War and the unit's role in the battle against international terrorism,... [it] also looks back at the campaigns of World War II and covers every major theatre of war in which the SAS has been involved."

[UK/Postwar/SAS]

Davies, Barry. The Spycraft Manual: The Insider's Guide to Espionage Techniques. Osceola, WI: Zenith Press, 2005.

From advertisement: "The Spycraft Manual is a step-by-step instruction book on the tradecraft and skills that spies use. Each individual subject contains masses of fascinating, previously undisclosed information.... From the seven basic drills of agent contact to satellite surveillance, The Spycraft Manual is a perfect reference to the whole world of espionage."

[Overviews/Gen/00s]

Davies, Derek.

1. "The KGB in Asia (Part I)." Far Eastern Economic Review 93 (3 Jan. 1975): 20-23, 26-27.

2. "The KGB in Asia (Part II)." Far Eastern Economic Review 94 (31 Dec. 1976): 20-34.

Rocca and Dziak: These two articles "are a systematic expose of Soviet intelligence and security services' operating bases in the Far East."

[Russia/To89]

Davies, Donald W. "The Bombe: A Remarkable Logic Machine." Cryptologia 23, no. 2 (Apr. 1999): 108-138.

Conceived by Alan Turing and augmented by Gordon Welchman, the electromechanical British bombe is described in this article both as to design and operation. Davies concludes that the earlier Polish bombe may have represented a forerunner of the innovative British bombe.

[UK/WWII/Ultra]

Davies, E.F. [Brigadier] ["Trotsky"] Illyrian Venture: The Story of the British Military Mission to Enemy-Occupied Albania 1943-44. London: Bodley Head, 1952.

[WWII/OSS/Balkans/Albania]

Davies, Hugh. "CIA Man Faces Spying Charge." Electronic Telegraph , 19 Nov. 1996. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

Harold Nicholson, 46, a former CIA station chief, was arrested on 16 November 1996 and charged with selling secrets to the Russians. U.S. Attorney Helen Fahey said "Nicholson had 'betrayed his country for money, not ideology.' John Deutch, CIA director, said Nicholson, an agent for 16 years, had revealed a 'covert position' the agency was planning to set up in Moscow."

[SpyCases/U.S./Nicholson]

Davies, Hugh. "CIA Spy 'Needed Money for Love.'" Electronic Telegraph, 20 Nov. 1996. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

U.S. intelligence officials are working on a theory that Harold Nicholson's obsession for a woman living in Thailand "was so intense that he blindly took foolish risks to keep her happy."

[SpyCases/U.S./Nicholson]

Davies, Hugh. "Judge Orders Release of FBI File on Lennon." Electronic Telegraph, 21 Feb. 2000. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

"The long simmering controversy over John Lennon's contributions to the IRA and Vanessa Redgrave's Trotskyite Workers Revolutionary Party is coming to a head. A California judge has ordered the FBI to make public top secret documents relating to MI5 surveillance of the former Beatle. Brian Behan, 73, a former key figure in the WRP, said [on 20 February 2000] that British intelligence was worried that the information would help reveal the 'Deep Throat' it had planted in the party years ago, as well as the methods used to 'bug' people."

[FBI/Lennon]

Davies, Hugh. "Spy Caught after He Failed CIA Lie Tests." Electronic Telegraph, 19 Nov. 1996. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]

"[T]he audacity of Harold Nicholson in carrying on betraying the CIA while every inch of the place was supposedly under scrutiny [because of the Aldrich Ames spy case] may rank him an even more dangerous turncoat than Ames.... Nicholson's treachery was apparently discovered through a lie detector, although the CIA director stressed that this was not 'the essential element' that led to his capture."

[SpyCases/U.S./Nicholson]

Davies, Huw. "The Influence of Intelligence on Wellington's Art of Command." Intelligence and National Security 22, no. 5 (Oct. 2007): 619-643.

"Over the course of his career, Wellington's understanding of intelligence moved froma perception that it was necessary only to justify his pre-existing beliefs, to a central focus of his decision-making process."

[UK/Historical]

Davies, Huw. "Integration of Strategic and Operational Intelligence during the Peninsular War." Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 2 (Apr. 2006): 202-223.

This article speculates about the methods Wellington used to integrate available strategic and operational intelligence during the Peninsular War. The author suggests that analysis of intelligence took place at multiple levels of command, contrary to the view that Wellington did it all himself.

[UK/Historical]

Davies, Huw. "Wellington's Use of Deception Tactics in the Peninsular War." Journal of Strategic Studies 29, no. 4 ( 2006): 723-750.

From abstract: "Wellington's use of intelligence developed throughout his military career." As the Peninsular War "progressed, he developed sophisticated methods for the integration of strategic intelligence -- largely gathered by civilian agents -- with operational intelligence -- collected by military personnel.... [I]t was his considered use of intelligence, combined with intricate deception operations in the latter stages of the conflict, which deprived the French of reliable intelligence on his own movements, and demonstrated his understanding of the importance of intelligence."

[UK/Historical]

Davies, John L., and Ted Robert Gurr, eds. Preventive Measures: Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.

Lohof, DIJ 10.2, says that this work provides "an impressive exploration of the current state of affairs in the field of risk assessment and early warning systems.... A host of prominent academic researchers, policy analysts and advisors, and U.S. Intelligence Community, USAID, UN, NGO, and private sector officials and experts author the volume's collection of chapters.... [I]t is altogether a fascinating, enlightening read for students of early warning."

[Analysis/Surprise]

Davies, Merton E., and William R. Harris. RAND's Role in the Evolution of Balloon and Satellite Observation Systems and Related U.S. Space Technology. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1988. [Petersen]

[Recon/Balloons&Sats]

Davies, Nicholas. Ten-thirty-three: The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Killing Machine in Northern Ireland. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1999.

[UK/Postwar/IRA]

Davies, Philip H.J.

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