This book examines the US neoconservative movement, arguing that its support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq was rooted in an intelligence theory shaped by the policy struggles of the Cold War.

Tom Griffin is a freelance writer and archival researcher, and former executive editor of The Irish World. He has a PhD in Social and Policy Sciences from the University of Bath, UK.

Introduction: Intelligence in the transition from Cold War liberalism to neoconservatism 1. Labour anti-communism before the Cold War 2. AFL-CIA: The Cold War state-private network 3. The break-up of the post-war consensus 4. The neoconservative counteroffensive of the 1970s 5. The Consortium for the Study of Intelligence: a paradigm for political warfare 6. Neoconservative intelligence in the Reagan era 7. From the end of the Cold War to the War on Terror Conclusion: Neoconservative intelligence and the revolt of the state-private network