This book grew out of two academic meetings. The first was a panel, organized by Paul Maddrell, on Intelligence Leaders in International Relations at the 55th annual convention of the International Studies Association in Toronto, Canada, in March 2014. This led to a second, a conference entitled Spy Chiefs: Intelligence Leaders in History, Culture and International Relations, which was organized by Christopher Moran and his colleagues at Warwick University and held at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava in Venice, Italy, in May of that year. The purpose of these meetings was to discuss the leadership of intelligence and security agencies; what good leadership of such agencies is and what impact it has had on the performance of the agencies concerned--Preface to volume 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. Intelligence leaders in the United States and United Kingdom / foreword by Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA (Ret.) -- volume 2. Intelligence leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia / foreword by Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom.