Ali - All

Ali, Salamat. "The Imperfect Spies." Far Eastern Economic Review, 5 Jan. 1989, 18-19.

[OtherCountries/India]

Ali, S. Mahmud. Cold War in the High Himalayas: The USA, China and South Asia in the 1950s. New York: Palgrave, 1999.

From advertisement: "The book examines elite-insecurity perceptions in India, Pakistan and the USA in the 1950s, the consequent linkages in alliance-building efforts, and subsequent triangular covert collaboration against Communist China."

[CA/Asia]

Alin, Erika. The United States and the 1958 Lebanon Crisis. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994.

Lucas, I&NS 12.3, calls this a "closely argued and well-documented study." Alin avoids "the trap of arguing that the US unconditionally opposed Arab nationalism." The reviewer also notes that Alin is evaluating U.S. diplomatic and conventional military responses to events in the Lebanon and throughout the Middle East," rather than focusing on intelligence and covert action issues.

[CA/ME; GenPostwar/50s]

Aline [Griffiths], Countess of Romanones

Aline [Griffiths], Countess of Romanones, has published a series of spy fact/fiction books, perhaps partially and loosely based (particularly for those where the action occurs in the wartime and earlier post-war years) on personal exploits. The author's links with OSS during World War II seem to be widely accepted as fact. These books are not listed elsewhere in this bibliography, because this compiler/editor finds it impossible to place them among the nonfiction works (as bizarre as some of those may be) otherwise presented. The books are listed below in order of publication.

The Spy Wore Red. New York: Random House, 1987. [pb] New York: Jove, 1990.

The Spy Went Dancing: My Further Adventures as an Undercover Agent. New York: Putnam, 1990. [pb] The Spy Went Dancing. New York: Jove, 1991.

The Spy Wore Silk. New York: Jove Books, 1992. [pb]

The Well-Mannered Spy. New York: Jove Books, 1994.

Allard, Kenneth. "Information Operations in Bosnia: A Preliminary Assessment." American Intelligence Journal 17, no. 3/4 (1997): 55-58.

"While its effects are often overstated, an unprecedented amount of information flows from Washington to European headquarters and intermediate staging bases.... But elaborate information flows between higher command levels do not always translate into better support for the warfighter. In fact, life in Bosnia has not changed very much for the American soldier, because the information revolution largely stops at Division level."

[MI/Ops/Other; MI/Warfighter]

Allard, C. Kenneth. "Intelligence and Arms Control: Process and Priorities." Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 5, no. 1 (Winter 1981): 1-26.

[Recon/Topics/ArmsControl]

Allard, Kenneth. Somalia Operations: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1995.

Cohen, FA (Jul.-Aug. 1995), says that this work "is a distillation of the military's official lessons and hence falls back on true but trite observations: an effective public information program is critical to the success of any operation, mission execution is more difficult without trained and well-organized staffs, and the like."

[MI/Ops/90s]

Allardyce, Robert W., and James Gollin. Technical Analysis: Korean Air Lines Flight 007, August 31, 1983. [U.S.]: R.W. Allardyce and J. Gollin, 1991.

See James Gollin and Robert W. Allardyce, Desired Track: The Tragic Flight of KAL Flight 007, 2 vols. (Findley, OH: American Vision Publishing, 1994).

[GenPostwar/80s/KAL]

Allason, Rupert. The Branch: A History of the Metropolitan Special Branch, 1883-1983. London: Secker & Warburg, 1983.

[UK/Overviews/Related]

Allen - A-L

Allen - M-Z

Allenby, Braden R. "Environmental Security: Concept and Implementation." International Political Science Review 21, no. 1 (2000): 5-21.

[GenPostwar/NatSec/Environment]

Allensworth, W.H., and W.G. Spottswood. The Cipher of the War Department. Washington, DC: GPO, 1902. [Petersen]

[Cryptography/Gen]

Allilueva, Svetlana. Only One Year. Tr., Paul Cjavchavadze. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

[Russia/DefectorLiterature]

Allison, Graham T. "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis." American Political Science Review 63, no. 3 (Sep. 1969): 689-718.

The author here establishes the analytic framework for his classic Essence of Decision (1971). Don't want to tackle the book? Then, read this article.

[GenPostwar/60s/MissileCrisis]

Allison, Graham T. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1971. Allison, Graham T., and Philip Zelikow. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2d ed. New York: Longman, 1999.

Clark comment on 1st edition: This scholarly work continues to offer a unique theoretical perspective on the crisis. I recommend it for people seriously interested in developing their analytical skills. However, many of the substantive details of the crisis have been substantially enhanced since Allison's work.

Clark comment on 2d edition: In a move carrying some risk, Allison's classic work has been substantially revised to take into account comments similar to those above about the availability of new substantive material on the Missile Crisis. Additionally, the authors seek to both extend and add depth to the theoretical framework that was the centerpiece of the original. However, as the authors note in the "Preface," the basic structure of the book remain the same: "Three conceptual chapters each state and develop a conceptual model or lens through which analysts can explain, predict, and assess situations.... Each of these chapters is followed by an account of the Cuban missile crisis that uses the conceptual lens from the prior chapter to analyze the crisis."

Ikenberry, FA 78.3, calls the second edition a "superb update of a classic." Indeed, the new edition "actually improves on the original."

For Rosati, International Studies Review 3.1, the second edition "is much stronger in several areas," but "the extensive revisions to the chapter on governmental politics unfortunately have made this revision inferior to the original.... [T]here is no doubt that the Cuban missile crisis receives an updated and fresher interpretation"; however, "the revised explanations ... are difficult to follow compared to those of the original."

See David A. Welch, "The Organizational Politics and Bureaucratic Politics Paradigms," International Security 17, no. 2 (Fall 1992): 112-146.

[GenPostwar/60s/MissileCrisis][c]

Allison, John M. Ambassador from the Prairie: Or Allison in Wonderland. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

Petersen: "U.S. Ambassador in Indonesia during period of CIA covert support for anti-government elements."

[CA/Indonesia]

Allison, John S. [CAPT/USN] "NMITC: A Quiet Revolution." Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly 15, no. 3 (Jul. 1999): 3-5.

The author is Commanding Officer of the Navy and Marines Intelligence Training Center. NMITC is located at Layton Hall, Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic, Dam Neck, Virginia.

[MI/Training]

Allport, F.H. "Broadcasting to an Enemy Country: What Appeals Are Effective and Why." Journal of Social Psychology 23 (May 1946): 217-224.

Calder: "An analysis of the strategies and language of psychological warfare by radio broadcasting during World War II."

[WWII/PsyWar]

Allyn, Bruce J., James G. Blight, and David A. Welch.

1. "Essence of Revision: Moscow, Havana, and the Cuban Missile Crisis." International Security 14, no. 3 (Winter 1989-1990): 136-172.

2. eds. Back to the Brink: Proceedings of the Moscow Conference on the Cuban Missile Crisis, January 27-28, 1989. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.

[GenPostwar/60s/MissileCrisis]

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