The CIA and the Pursuit of Security: History, Documents and Contexts
Huw Dylan, David Gioe, and Michael S. Goodman
Abstract
Taking declassified and publicly available sources this book provides an insight into the evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1947 to the Trump Presidency. Focusing on a mix of case studies historic case studies such as The Berlin Tunnel, and The Cuban Missile Crisis. As well as discussing the internal changes and evolution of the organisation from planning covert actions, to adapting to, using and developing technology to aid in intelligence collection and analysis. The book also talks to key individuals that have shaped the organisation at different points in its history as wel ... More
Taking declassified and publicly available sources this book provides an insight into the evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1947 to the Trump Presidency. Focusing on a mix of case studies historic case studies such as The Berlin Tunnel, and The Cuban Missile Crisis. As well as discussing the internal changes and evolution of the organisation from planning covert actions, to adapting to, using and developing technology to aid in intelligence collection and analysis. The book also talks to key individuals that have shaped the organisation at different points in its history as well as how different Presidents have used the Agency to deliver political decisions. The book is balanced in its presentation of successes and failures, the latter often times more well known: Iraq being perhaps the best known example. The use of declassified documentation elevates this from being another history of the Central Intelligence Agency, into an insightful window into a famous yet secret organisation with a global brand.
Keywords:
Central Intelligence Agency,
Evolution,
Failure,
President,
Human Intelligence,
Analysis,
Technology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474428842 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2021 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474428842.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Huw Dylan, author
King's College London
David Gioe, author
United States Military Academy
Michael S. Goodman, author
King's College London
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