Overview
Since its creation in 1947, the CIA has been at the heart of America's security apparatus. Written by intelligence scholars and experts, The CIA and the Pursuit of Security offers the reader a lively survey of the CIA past and present. The history of the agency is presented through the prism of its declassified documents, with each being supplemented by insightful contextual analysis. The book chronicles the evolution of the CIA, its remarkable successes, clandestine operations, and its ongoing struggle to maintain American security in an age of proliferating threats.
Full Product Details
Author: Huw Dylan (Lecturer in Intelligence and International Security, King’s College London) ,
David Gioe (Associate Professor of History, United States Military Academy at West Point) ,
Michael S. Goodman (Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs, King's College London)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.875kg
ISBN: 9781474428859
ISBN 10: 1474428851
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 03 March 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
An important and authoritative documentary history of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most significant operations and activities since its inception in 1947 … This compilation is a valuable primary reference resource for analysts on intelligence issues. * Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 15, Issue 3 * An important and authoritative documentary history of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most significant operations and activities since its inception in 1947 … This compilation is a valuable primary reference resource for analysts on intelligence issues. * Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 15, Issue 3 * A masterful chronicle of the rich and colorful history of not only the Central Intelligence Agency, but the Intelligence Community at large. With liberal inclusion of extracts of historically significant documentation, this work reflects attention to on-point, relevant detail, even-handed balance, and nuanced insight. An interesting, informative read for insider practitioners and the general public alike. -- James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence
"A masterful chronicle of the rich and colorful history of not only the Central Intelligence Agency, but the Intelligence Community at large. With liberal inclusion of extracts of historically significant documentation, this work reflects attention to on-point, relevant detail, even-handed balance, and nuanced insight. An interesting, informative read for insider practitioners and the general public alike.--James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence An important and authoritative documentary history of the Central Intelligence Agency's most significant operations and activities since its inception in 1947 ... This compilation is a valuable primary reference resource for analysts on intelligence issues.-- ""Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 15, Issue 3"""
A masterful chronicle of the rich and colorful history of not only the Central Intelligence Agency, but the Intelligence Community at large. With liberal inclusion of extracts of historically significant documentation, this work reflects attention to on-point, relevant detail, even-handed balance, and nuanced insight. An interesting, informative read for insider practitioners and the general public alike.--James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence An important and authoritative documentary history of the Central Intelligence Agency's most significant operations and activities since its inception in 1947 ... This compilation is a valuable primary reference resource for analysts on intelligence issues.-- ""Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 15, Issue 3""
Author Information
Dr Huw Dylan is a Lecturer in Intelligence and International Security at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where he leads the MA programme in Intelligence and International Security. He is also and a visiting Associate Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. His book, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Dr. David Gioe is Associate Professor of History at the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an intelligence practitioner, he spent over 15 years working in the U.S. intelligence community, beginning with an appointment in 2001 as a Presidential Management Fellow in the FBI National Security Division. He then served as an analyst in the CIA Counterterrorist Center before earning field certification as a CIA operations officer. He served multiple overseas tours as a case officer. He has published in The National Interest, World Politics Review, and has co-edited a volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis with Christopher Andrew and Len Scott (Routledge, 2014). Michael S. Goodman is Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. He has published widely in the field of intelligence history, including most recently The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis (Routledge, 2015), which was chosen as one of The Spectator’s books of the year. He is series editor for Intelligence and Security for Hurst/Columbia University Press; and for Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare for Edinburgh University Press; and is a member of the editorial boards for five journals. He is currently on secondment to the Cabinet Office where he is the Official Historian of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
