Intelligence studies in Britain and the US : historiography since 1945

Intelligence studies in Britain and the US : historiography since 1945 / edited by Christopher R. Moran and Christopher J. Murphy.

Secrecy has never stopped people from writing about intelligence. From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposÃ♭s and spy novels, writing on intelligence abounds. Now, this new account uncovers intelligence historiography's hugely important role in shaping popular understandings an...

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Other Authors: Moran, Christopher R. (Editor), Murphy, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1976- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Intelligence service > Great Britain > Historiography.
Intelligence service > United States > Historiography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Intelligence.
TRUE CRIME > Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom.
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Geschichtsschreibung
Great Britain
United States
Großbritannien
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; THE EDITORS; THE CONTRIBUTORS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction INTELLIGENCE STUDIES NOW AND THEN; Chapter 1 CIA HISTORY AS A COLD WAR BATTLEGROUND: THE FORGOTTEN FIRST WAVE OF AGENCY NARRATIVES; Chapter 2 THE CULTURE OF FUNDING CULTURE: THE CIA AND THE CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM; Chapter 3 'REAL SUBSTANCE, NOT JUST SYMBOLISM'? THE CIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF COVERT OPERATIONS IN THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES; Chapter 4 BONUM EX MALO: THE VALUE OF LEGACY OF ASHES IN TEACHING CIA HISTORY
  • Chapter 5 NARRATING COVERT ACTION: THE CIA, HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE COLD WARChapter 6 FBI HISTORIOGRAPHY: FROM LEADER TO ORGANISATION; Chapter 7 RECONCEIVING REALISM: INTELLIGENCE HISTORIANS AND THE FACT/FICTION DICHOTOMY; Chapter 8 THE REALITY IS STRANGER THAN FICTION: ANGLO-AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION FROM WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE COLD WAR; PART II BRITISH INTELLIGENCE HISTORIOGRAPHY; Chapter 9 A PLAIN TALE OF PUNDITS, PLAYERS AND PROFESSIONALS: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT GAME; Chapter 11 THE STUDY OF INTERROGATION: A FOCUS ON TORTURE, BUT WHAT ABOUT INTELLIGENCE?
  • Chapter 12 WHITEHALL, INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICIAL HISTORY: EDITING SOE IN FRANCEChapter 13 A TALE OF TORTURE? ALEXANDER SCOTLAND, THE LONDON CAGE AND POST-WAR BRITISH SECRECY; Chapter 14 1968
  • 'A YEAR TO REMEMBER' FOR THE STUDY OF BRITISH INTELLIGENCE?; Chapter 15 THEIR TRADE IS TREACHERY: A RETROSPECTIVE; Chapter 16 INTELLIGENCE AND 'OFFICIAL HISTORY'; INDEX

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