Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US: Historiography since 1945

Christopher R. Moran; Christopher J. Murphy

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US

Historiography since 1945

Christopher R. Moran and Christopher J. Murphy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748677566

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About this book

The first introduction to writing about intelligence and intelligence services

Secrecy has never stopped people from writing about intelligence. From memoirs and academic texts to conspiracy-laden exposés and spy novels, writing on intelligence abounds. Now, this new account uncovers intelligence historiography’s hugely important role in shaping popular understandings and the social memory of intelligence.

In this first introduction to these official and unofficial histories, a range of leading contributors narrate and interpret the development of intelligence studies as a discipline. Each chapter showcases new archival material, looking at a particular book or series of books and considering issues of production, censorship, representation and reception.

Key Features

15 chapters from contributors including:

Richard Aldrich, intelligence historian
Matthew Jones, novelist
Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA Staff Historian
Keith Jeffery, author of the first official history of MI6
Jo Wippl, Former CIA operations officer
Chapman Pincher, journalist

Explores topics such as CIA historiography, MI5/MI6 historiography, the literature of eavesdropping and the importance of film in constructing proto or counter-histories of intelligence
Offers original insights into intelligence through an engagement with its past formulation and emerging patterns

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
THE EDITORS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
THE CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
FIGURES Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PREFACE Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Introduction INTELLIGENCE STUDIES NOW AND THEN Christopher R. Moran and Christopher J. Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE HISTORIOGRAPHY
Chapter 1 CIA HISTORY AS A COLD WAR BATTLEGROUND: THE FORGOTTEN FIRST WAVE OF AGENCY NARRATIVES Richard J. Aldrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2 THE CULTURE OF FUNDING CULTURE: THE CIA AND THE CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM Eric Pullin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 3 ‘REAL SUBSTANCE, NOT JUST SYMBOLISM’? THE CIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF COVERT OPERATIONS IN THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES Matthew Jones and Paul McGarr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4 BONUM EX MALO: THE VALUE OF LEGACY OF ASHES IN TEACHING CIA HISTORY Nicholas Dujmovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 5 NARRATING COVERT ACTION: THE CIA, HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE COLD WAR Kaeten Mistry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 6 FBI HISTORIOGRAPHY: FROM LEADER TO ORGANISATION Melissa Graves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 7 RECONCEIVING REALISM: INTELLIGENCE HISTORIANS AND THE FACT/FICTION DICHOTOMY Simon Willmetts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Chapter 8 THE REALITY IS STRANGER THAN FICTION: ANGLO–AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION FROM WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE COLD WAR Frederick P. Hitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
PART II BRITISH INTELLIGENCE HISTORIOGRAPHY
Chapter 9 A PLAIN TALE OF PUNDITS, PLAYERS AND PROFESSIONALS: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT GAME Robert Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 10 NO CLOAKS, NO DAGGERS: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Jim Beach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Chapter 11 THE STUDY OF INTERROGATION: A FOCUS ON TORTURE, BUT WHAT ABOUT INTELLIGENCE? Samantha Newbery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Chapter 12 WHITEHALL, INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICIAL HISTORY: EDITING SOE IN FRANCE Christopher J. Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Chapter 13 A TALE OF TORTURE? ALEXANDER SCOTLAND, THE LONDON CAGE AND POST-WAR BRITISH SECRECY Daniel W. B. Lomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Chapter 14 1968 – ‘A YEAR TO REMEMBER’ FOR THE STUDY OF BRITISH INTELLIGENCE? Adam D. M. Svendsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Chapter 15 THEIR TRADE IS TREACHERY: A RETROSPECTIVE Chapman Pincher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Chapter 16 INTELLIGENCE AND ‘OFFICIAL HISTORY’ Christopher Baxter and Keith Jeffery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 10 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: March 18, 2013
ISBN: 9780748677566