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The intelligence intellectuals : social scientists and the making of the CIA / Peter C. Grace.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grace, Peter C., author.
- Series:
- Georgetown studies in intelligence history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.
- United States.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Social scientists--United States--History--20th century.
- Social scientists.
- Intelligence officers--Recruiting--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence officers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 288 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Geogetown University Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Introduction : clear and prescient danger
- The promise of social science before 1945
- A struggle for existence, 1946-50
- The failure of the Office of Reports and Estimates, 1947-50
- The intel intellectual as administrator and the reforms of 1950-53
- The intel intellectuals and the emergence of a strategic intelligence discipline
- The national intelligence estimates of Soviet strategic intentions and capablities
- Soviet economic capabilities and the inventory of ignorance
- The Princeton consultants
- Kent's "theory of the fuck up of the imponderables"
- Conclusion : the intel intellectuals as agents of change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781647126452 (electronic bk.)
- 1647126452 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033094931
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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