Ovendale, R. "Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949-1950." International Affairs 58, no. 3 (1982): 447-464.
Ovendale, R. "Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949-1950." International Affairs 58, no. 3 (1982): 447-464.
[GenPostwar/CW; UK/Postwar/Gen]
Overstreet,
Henry, and Bonaro Overstreet. The FBI in Our Open Society. New York: Norton, 1969.
According to Pforzheimer, this book covers from the early days of the FBI to the late 1960s. One section "focuses on early criticisms of the Bureau.... On balance, the book favorably portrays the FBI." However, the "more intense criticism of the Bureau and its leadership" came after publication of this book.
[FBI]
Overton, David W. "The DI 10 Years after Reorganization." Studies in Intelligence 36, no. 5 (1992): 45-54.
The author uses October 1981 as the breakpoint between the "old DI" and the "new DI.," that is, a DI "reorganized along regional rather than functional lines.... In hindsight, it is hard to imagine that the challenging situations we were forced to deal with in 1980s...-- or those we face in the 1990s --... could be adequately addressed without a reorganization like the one we underwent."
[CIA/Components/DI]
Overy, R.J. The Air War, 1939-1945. Braircliff Manor, NY: Stein & Day, 1981.
Petersen: "Heavy emphasis on intelligence."
[WWII/Services/U.S./Air]
Overy, Richard. "Strategic Intelligence and the Outbreak of the Second World War." War in History 5, no. 4 (1998): 451-480.
[WWII/Gen]
Owen, David.
Battle of Wits: A History of Psychology and Deception in Modern Warfare.
London: Leo Cooper, 1978.
To Constantinides, Owen does a better job covering deception than he does covering psychological factors. The book is primarily from the British standpoint. There are neither references nor a bibliography.
[WWII/PsyWar]
Owen, David. Espionage: The New Truths of the Spymasters. New York: Reader's Digest, 2006.
[Overviews/Gen/00s]
Owen, David.
Hidden Secrets: A Complete History of Espionage and the Technology Used to Support It. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002.
Peake, Studies 47.4 (2003), finds that the author's "big picture is accurate, but the details in many cases are not.... As a brief introduction to the topic of espionage, Hidden Secrets will be of value to those seeking a general overview, but it is far from the 'Complete History' indicated in the sub-title, and all facts should be checked with other sources before being accepted."
For Kruh, Cryptologia 27.1 and 28.4, this work is a "fascinating overview of the history of espionage that examines the art and science of intelligence gathering by government and military organizations as well as the complex security measures put in place to keep secrets safe from prying eyes.... A very attractive feature of this book is the hundreds of color photographs and illustrations."
Taylor, Booklist (via Amazon.com), notes that this book "is aimed at those who are fascinated with intelligence but as yet unfamiliar with its techniques, strategies, and equipment. Owen divides his subject up according to standard sources of secret information: human agents, coded or enciphered transmissions, electronic emissions, and overhead reconnaissance."
[Overviews/Gen/00s]
Owen,
Frank. The Eddie Chapman Story: The Incredible Story of the London Safecracker
Who Worked for Hitler and British Intelligence at the Same Time. New
York: Messner, 1954. [Chambers]
Electronic Telegraph, "[Obituary:] Eddie Chapman -- Safe-blower Who Became the Wartime Double Agent Zig-Zag and Outfoxed the Germans," 20 Dec. 1997. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk] Chapman worked under the codename Zig-Zag as one of the Double Cross agents during World War II. He was in jail in St. Helier for "trying to blow open a safe in Glasgow" when the Germans occupied the Channel Islands. The Nazis recruited him for a sabotage operation and sent him back to Britain, where "[h]e was immediately turned by the British." Chapman would later be played in the movie "Triple Cross" (1967) by Christopher Plummer.
[UK/WWII/Servs/MI5; WWII/Eur/Deception]
Owens, Ira C. [LTGEN/USA, DCoS/Intelligence].
1. "Army Intelligence in Transition: 'Changing Horizons.'" American Intelligence Journal 14, no. 3 (Autumn/Winter 1993/1994): 17-20.
"INSCOM organizations which perform national SIGINT functions are being restructured from conventional OCONUS lines of sight and HF collection mission units into jointly manned organizations, at CONUS locations, with the access to enemy signals via remote collection technology and communications linkages."
2. "Revolution in MI." Army, Oct. 1992, 165-167.
[MI/Army][c]
Owens, William
A. Eye-Deep in Hell: A Memoir of the Liberation of the Philippines, 1944-45.
Dallas, TX: SMU Press, 1989.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil: "By CIC agent whose contacts incl[uded] Huks."
[WWII/FE/Pac/Philippines]
Owens, William
A. [ADM/USN (Ret.)] "Intelligence in the 21st Century." Defense
Intelligence Journal 7, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 25-45.
"The US Intelligence Community must either seek to lead and promote the on-going transformation of the US military, or bear much of the responsibility for a US failure to seize the opportunities provided by our lead in military technologies during a propitious period in world history.....
"[A]s we pass through the American Revolution in Military Affairs we will move increasingly toward the operational integration of the service components. The future is a joint future and, to be consistent with that future, the Intelligence Community must also move toward consolidation if it is to continue to enable the application of American military power as well as it should."
[GenPostwar/90s/Gen]
Owsley,
Harriet C. "Henry Shelton Sanford and Federal Surveillance Abroad,
1861-1865." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 48, no. 2 (Sep.
1961): 211-228.
In 1861, Sanford "was appointed minister resident to Belgium.... One of Sanford's principal assignments ... was to prevent Confederate agents in Europe from obtaining warships, arms, munitions, and other supplies.... Sanford's principal method of countering the Confederates was to gather information on activities of theirs that violated the neutrality of the countries involved, and turn it over to the respective governments. His activities seriously damaged Confederate supply lines." O'Toole, Encyclopedia, pp. 401-402.
[CivWar/Conf/CA]
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