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Between Franks and Butler: British intelligence lessons from the Gulf War

Kettle, Louise

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Lessons for the intelligence community were publicly identified in a 1983 report by Lord Franks and 2004 report by Lord Butler. However, little is known of the lessons learned during the twenty years between the two. This article draws upon two newly released, previously classified, documents which examine British intelligence lessons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It provides a previously untold account of the crisis, exclusively from a British intelligence perspective, and presents new evidence that intersects across many intelligence debates. This article also challenges whether identified lessons remained learned and begins to question the wider learning process within the intelligence community.

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Kettle, L. (2016). Between Franks and Butler: British intelligence lessons from the Gulf War. Intelligence and National Security, 31(2), 201-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.978549

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Nov 19, 2014
Publication Date Feb 1, 2016
Deposit Date Feb 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date Feb 15, 2016
Journal Intelligence and National Security
Print ISSN 0268-4527
Electronic ISSN 1743-9019
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Issue 2
Pages 201-223
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.978549
Keywords Franks; Butler; Intelligence; history; lessons; learning; Gulf War;
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/978464
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2014.978549
Related Public URLs http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/current
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Intelligence and National Security on 19/11/2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02684527.2014.978549

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