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For forty years the Central Intelligence Agency has published an in-house journal, Studies in Intelligence, for CIA eyes only. Now the agency has declassified much of this material. This engrossing book, which presents the most interesting articles from the journal, provides revealing insights into CIA strategies and into events in which the organization was involved.

The articles were selected by H. Bradford Westerfield, an independent authority who teaches courses on intelligence operations but has never been affiliated with the CIA. Westerfield's comprehensive introduction sketches the history and basic structure of the CIA, sets the articles in context, and explains his process of selection. The articles span a wide range of intelligence activities, including intelligence data gathering inside the United States; analysis of data; interaction between analysts and policymakers; the development of economic intelligence targeted at friendly countries as well as at foes; use of double agents (the personal memoir of a CIA officer who pretended to the Russians to be their agent); evaluation of defectors (the Nosenko case); and coercive interrogation techniques and how to resist them.

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Yale University Press
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August 25, 1995
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6.14 x 1.14 x 9.21 inches
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0300072643
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In 32 essays originally written for the Central Intelligence Agency's internal journal, Studies in Intelligence, authors, most of whom are CIA agents, talk shop. These recently declassified articles, written between 1955 and 1992, provide an offbeat internal history of CIA operations. Some delve into arcane areas of tradecraft, and could be considered essential reading for historians as well as spy buffs: CIA operatives detail secret operations, offer practical how-to advice, and critique themselves and their work.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Revised ed. edition (August 25, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300072643
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300072648
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 1.14 x 9.21 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013

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Interesting insight into the thinking and processes from within the system, but heavily redacted and uninspired.

Don't expect to find anything new or exciting... or revealing, but there are interesting observations, insights and provoking vignettes. I expected to find more of the Vietnam era than Cold War of the 80s, a good companion work and read.., less value as a resource.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015

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It was as promised .. And the book was interesting

This was a birthday present for a dear friend who ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014

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This was a birthday present for a dear friend who is really into the CIA and had lost a book he had about it.

Melanie E. Spritz

Something as timely today as when it was originally published ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015

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Something as timely today as when it was originally published and even further back when the original articles cited were written

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2014

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kind of dry, but has some interesting parts

Go to CIA.gov for much more

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2007

This is simply a collection of declassified articles from the CIA's in house quarterly journal "Studies In Intelligence". Many more articles have been declaasifed since the book came out and all are on the Center for the Study of Intelligence page at the CIA site. The author adds very little to the articles and you are better off just going and reading the ones that interest you yourself. They are organized by subject (i.e. analysis, Covert Action) at the Agency's website. The unclassifed "Studies In Intelligence" is also at the same place. I heard the author interviewed by G. Gordon Liddy when the book came out and as usual the "G man" was a fount of mis-information on intelligence matters.

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Claudia Sarfatis

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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2004

A fascinating piece of history. It's not that we read important secrets, or even that the topics of these journal articles are current and relevant, but from a historical perspective, the insights and conclusions are a fun window into the CIA's world over the years.

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No secrets, but a little window into how the agency operates

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2002

This Yale University Press publication is an insiders scorecard on how to collect information. Techniques for clandestine human intelligence gathering are reviewed in detail. The text even explores how internal CIA squabbling hurts U.S. intelligence gathering. The declassified articles from the agency's internal journal from 1955-1992 is mostly insider shop talk. My favorite chapter is VII, Counterespionage. Section eight of chapter three, psychology of treason is an ice-cold analysis.

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