Scott, Len. "Espionage and the Cold War: Oleg Penkovsky and the Cuban Missile Crisis." Intelligence and National Security 14, no. 3 (Autumn 1999): 23-47.
Scott, Len. "Espionage and the Cold War: Oleg Penkovsky and the Cuban Missile Crisis." Intelligence and National Security 14, no. 3 (Autumn 1999): 23-47.
"The significance of Penkovsky's intelligence in the Cuban missile crisis ... has been sensationalised and distorted.... This conclusion is not to 'debunk' Penkovsky or to denigrate his espionage. It is to emphasise that the Cuban missile crisis is not a useful way of adjudicating on the importance of Penkovsky's espionage and that Penkovsky's espionage is not a fruitful way of examining the Cuban missile crisis."
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Scott, L.V. Macmillan, Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Political, Military and Intelligence Aspects. London: Macmillan, 1999. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Robarge, I&NS 15.4, believes that the author "provides balance to overstated judgments of the contribution of Oleg Penkovsky.... Scott also shows the immense impact that photographic intelligence had on policymakers when overhead reconnaisance was in its infancy."
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Scott, Len. "Secret Intelligence, Covert Action and Clandestine Diplomacy." Intelligence and National Security 19, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 322-341.
"The United States' current mood shows little aversion to using force, and overt action is less constrained by domestic opposition or international restraint. US political and bureaucratic debates about covert action will for some time occur within a different context to much of the Cold War."
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Scott, Len. "Sources and Methods in the Study of Intelligence: A British View." Intelligence and National Security 22, no. 2 (Apr. 2007): 185-205.
The author assesses some of the "challenges and opportunities for the study of intelligence in the United Kingdom and places them in historical context. It focuses on various aspects of intelligence organization and practice, specifically covert acion and central intelligence machinery. And finally it reflects on the extent to which recent events pose new challenges to the study and practice of British intelligence."
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Scott, Len, and Peter Jackson. "The Study of Intelligence in Theory and Practice." Intelligence and National Security 19, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 139-169.
The authors survey "the various approaches scholars have employed to study the role of intelligence in national and international politics." They argue "that from its inception intelligence studies has been characterized by its inter-disciplinary character and openness to different conceptual approaches.... [They] conclude that this is one of the great strengths of this sub-field and argue for a further broadening and deepening of the intelligence studies agenda."
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Scott, L.V., Peter Jackson, and R. Gerald Hughes. Exploring Intelligence Archives: Enquires into the Secret State. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Frank Cass, 2005.
From advertisement: "Scholars seeking to understand the role of secret intelligence in political affairs have sought to make use of relevant but constrained archives. This book presents documents in the public domain that illustrate issues in the realm of intelligence."
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Scott, Len, and R. Gerald Hughes. "Intelligence, Crises and Security: Lessons from History?" Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 5 (Oct. 2006): 653-674.
This article is primarily stagesetting for the other articles included in this volume (see below). Nonetheless, the authors make a number of salient points, including the observation that for critics in the United States, "intelligence is an ingredient in, as well as cover for, more fundamental failings of political leadership and policy-making."
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Scott, Len, and Steve Smith. "Lessons of October: Historians, Political Scientists, Policy-makers and the Cuban Missile Crisis." International Affairs 70 (Oct. 1994): 659-684.
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Scott, Len V., and R. Gerald Hughes, eds.
1. "Special Issue on 'Intelligence, Crises and Security: Prospects and Retrospects.'" Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 5 (Oct 2006): entire issue.
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2. Intelligence, Crises and Security: Prospects and Retrospects. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Clark comment: This book consists of articles originally published in Intelligence and National Security 21, no. 5 (Oct. 2006) (see above).
Peake, Studies 52.2 (Jun. 2008) and Intelligencer 16.1 (Spring 2008), comments that "[w]hat is missing from this collection is a summary chapter that relates the articles to the overall aim or theme."
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Scott, Len V., and Peter D. Jackson, eds.
1. "Special Issue on 'Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Shadows.'" Intelligence and National Security 19, no. 2 (Summer 2004): entire issue.
2. Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Shadows. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Routledge, 2004.
Peake, Studies 49.3 (2005), comments that while the topics covered in this anthology of academic articles "are not new,... each one of the thoughtful papers conveys a need for wider understanding and study within academia and the public in the post-9/11 world." This is "a thought-provoking, valuable collection of ideas. There is much here for doctoral dissertations and today’s intelligence practitioners."
For Gustafson, I&NS 22.4 (Aug. 2007), this "is an excellent, and still current, state-of-the-art report penned at a critical point in time.... [I]n terms of a timely reflection on the field of intelligence studies, it covers all the major bases."
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