Brun, Michel. Tr., Robert Bononno. Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight
007. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
Brun, Michel. Tr., Robert Bononno. Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight
007. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
According to Hopkins, I&NS 11.4, Brun argues that it was not the Korean 747 that overflew the Soviet Union; rather, there were dozens of U.S. and Japanese military planes involved in overflights. In the ensuing aerial battle with the Soviets, a Japanese plane shot down KAL-007 when it was misidentified as a Soviet bomber. What "evidence" that the author presents for this thesis is either wrong or made up. The reviewer finds it unsettling that "many uninformed readers" will take this account "as a serious and legitimate explanation" of the events surrounding the demise of KAL-007.
[GenPostwar/80s/KAL-007]
Brune, Lester.
The Missile Crisis of October 1962: A Review of Issues and References.
Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 1985.
[GenPostwar/60s/MissileCrisis; RefMats/Guides]
Bruneau, Thomas C. "Controlling Intelligence in New Democracies." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 14, no. 3 (Fall 2001): 323-341.
"Democratic consolidation requires restructuring the economy and bringing the armed forces under civilian control. Probably the most problematic issue in civil-military relations is control of the intelligence apparatus."
[GenPostCW/00s/Gen]
Bruneau, Thomas C. "Intelligence Reforms in Brazil: Contemporary Challenges and the Legacy of the Past." Strategic Insights 6, no. 3 (May 2007). [http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/]
Brazil has "an extensive intelligence system composed of at least thirteen different organizations.... The development of the system was slow and drawn out ... and exacerbated by political weakness and fecklessness in the executive branch between 1985 and 1995, and the slow emergence of interest by members of the legislative branch.... [T]here is real concern as to the effectiveness of the system due to the way it is structured and staffed. The concern with effectiveness ... is due to rampant violence by organized crime in ... Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and the ... Pan American Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in July of 2007."
[LA/Brazil]
Bruneau, Thomas C., and Steven C. Boraz, eds. Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and Effectiveness. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2007.
According to Peake, Studies 52.1 (Mar. 2008), this book's 13 chapters include "studies that discuss democratic control and effectiveness in three Western nations -- the United States, the United Kingdom, and France -- and seven new democracies -- Brazil, Taiwan, Argentina, Romania, South Africa, Russia, and the Philippines." Reforming Intelligence "is well documented, well written, and should serve as a foundation for studying this persistent problem."
Reddig, NIPQ 23.4 (Sep. 2007), calls this a "useful and thought provoking compendium of case studies," dealing with "the challenge of maintaining an intelligence establishment in a democratic framework."
[France/Overviews; LA/Argentina, Brazil; OtherCountries/Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan; Reform/00s/Gen; Russia/Overviews/00s; UK/PostCW/Gen]
Bruner, Jerome
S. "OWI and the American Public." Public Opinion Quarterly
7 (1943): 125-133. [Winkler]
[WWII/Psywar&Prop]
Bruni, Frank, and Anthee Carassava. "Greece to Begin Trial Involving Long-Elusive Terror Group." New York Times, 3 March 2003. [http://www.nytimes.com]
The trial of the 19 defendants accused of being part of the "November 17" terrorist group will begin on 3 March 2003.
[OtherCountries/Greece]
Brunner, John
W.
1. The OSS Crossbows. Williamstown, NJ: Phillips, 1990. [Surveillant 1.5]
2. OSS Weapons. Williamstown, NJ: Phillips, 1994. 2005.
According to Surveillant 4.1, Brunner "conducted exhaustive research in recently declassified OSS files." This is a "beautifully produced work.... Highly recommended."
Kruh, Cryptologia 19.3, notes that "[m]ost items are thoroughly described, often with a history, purpose, use, manufacturing details and other information." The book is both "a visual feast" and "an authoritative work"; it has "[a] comprehensive bibliography."
Announcing a new edition of this work, DKR, AFIO WIN 47-05 (5 Dec. 2005), comments that "Brunner's work is based on meticulous research.... The result is a book that is widely considered the definitive work on the subject."
[WWII/OSS/Topics]
Brunovsky, Vladimir
K. The Methods of the OGPU. New York: Harper & Row, 1931.
Wilcox: "Author was arrested by the Soviet OGPU in 1923 on espionage [charges], released in 1926."
[Russia/Interwar]
Brunt, Rodney M. "Special Documentaiton Systems at the Government Code and Cypher School, Bletchley Park, during the Second World War." Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 1 (Feb. 2006): 129-148.
This article "describes the work of two specialist units, serving Hut 3 (Air and Military intelligence) and Hut 4 (Naval intelligence), engaged in the creation and maintenance" of "highly specialized devices which facilitated the translation and analysis of decrypted messages."
[UK/WWII/Ultra]
Bruntz, George
G. Allied Propaganda and the Collapse of the German Empire in 1918.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1938. [Petersen]
[WWI/U.S.]
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