Varner, Roy, and Wayne Collier. A Matter of Risk: The Incredible Inside Story of the CIA's Hughes Glomar Explorer Mission to Raise a Russian Submarine. New York: Random House, 1978. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1979.
Varner, Roy, and Wayne Collier. A Matter of Risk: The Incredible Inside Story of the CIA's Hughes Glomar Explorer Mission to Raise a Russian Submarine. New York: Random House, 1978. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1979.
Constantinides: "Collier was a contract employee of CIA in charge of recruiting personnel.... He is thus able to give first-hand details on arrangements for cover, personnel selection[] and training, and on technical characteristics of the Glomar Explorer." The author "acquired details on what happened during the ship's mission from talking to certain crew members, which is not as trustworthy as personal knowledge." Collier "has a tendency" on some subjects of which he had no direct knowledge "to make assumptions ... without making it clear they are only that.... [Nevertheless,] this is the best book on the subject until someone composes a better version based on either official records or first-hand knowledge of the project from start to finish."
[CIA/70s/Glomar]
Varon, Elizabeth R. Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
From publisher: The author's "account rescues [Elizabeth Van Lew] from both derision and oblivion, depicting an intelligent, resourceful, highly principled woman who remained, as she saw it, true to her country to the end."
Zeman, I&NS 21.4 (Aug. 2006), notes that Van Lew's "independent bent ... led her to flout the social norms of the period" and, in time, led her to become "the mistress of an enterprising and well-conducted spy ring."
To Levin, Civil War Book Review [http://www.cwbr.com], this is "a rich account of a complex and important figure in wartime Richmond." The author "provides a convincing analysis of why Van Lew was so successful in her acts of espionage throughout the war." This is a "highly readable book [that] contributes to our understanding of important issues related to the Civil War, including the importance of Unionist activity in the South, the ways in which women responded to the demands of war and the role of espionage in the Union war effort."
[CivWar/Un/Richmond]
Vartabedian, Ralph. "TRW Contract on Spy Satellites Voided by GAO." Los Angeles Times, 2 Jul. 1994, D1, D2.
See also, Doug Abrahams, "Martin Mariette Wins Billion-Dollar Job," Washington Times, 26 Jul 1994, B7.
[NRO/90s/94]
Vasile, Michael
A. "Guerrilla Warfare in the American Civil War." [Originally found at http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/other/acwguer.htm, but no longer available. On 7/14/08, was informed by Louisiana State University Libraries personnel that "the LSU Civil War Center's website is no longer in operation."]
This is a very good introduction to some of the arguments that swirl around the nature and effect of guerrilla warfare in the Civil War. The author judiciously presents several points of view, avoids espousing a single view, and draws modest and supportable conclusions. The essay is well worth a read by anyone who is interested in the subject generally and has little background in the specifics.
[CivWar/Guerrillas]
Vassall, William John Christopher. Vassall: The Autobiography of a Spy. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975.
Rocca and Dziak call this a "frank autobiographic account of a classic KGB homosexual entrapment and recruitment."
Constantinides comments that Vassall "reveals little of his espionage work and of what information he passed to his Soviet handlers." Nevertheless, the book "has instructional value on how blackmail operations are run ... for intelligence ends, assuming Vassall's version of how he was recruited is correct."
[UK/SpyCases/Other]
Vassiliev, Andrei Tikhonovich. The Okhrana: The Russian Secret Police. London: Harrap, 1930. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1930.
Rocca and Dziak note that the author was the last chief of the Tsarist secret service.
[Russia]
Vaughan, Hal. FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa. Guilford, CT: Lyons, 2006.
Peake, Studies 51.3 (2007), says that this work "provides a detailed, stimulating account of the complex military, diplomatic, and intelligence relations among the allied government, the cantankerous Charles de Gaulle, the Vichy French, and numerous underground groups of various political persuasions ... in preparation for Operation TORCH, the invasion of North Africa."
[UK/WWII/NAfME]
Vaughan, James R. "'Cloak without Dagger': How the Information Research Department Fought Britain's Cold War in the Middle East, 1948-56." Cold War History 4, no. 3 (Apr. 2004): 56-84.
[UK/Postwar/IRD]
Vaughan, James R. The Failure of American and British Propaganda in the Arab Middle East, 1945-1957: Unconquerable Minds. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Wilford, I&NS 22.6 (Dec. 2007), finds that this work "is firmly grounded in extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic.... The prose is remarkably assured ... and the material is well organized."
[CA/Psyops]
Vaughn,
Bruce. "The Use and Abuse of Intelligence Services in India."
Intelligence and National Security 8, no. 1 (Jan. 1993): 1-22.
[OtherCountries/India][c]
Vayrynen, Raimo. "Environmental Security and Conflicts: Concepts and Politics." International Studies 35, no. 1 (1995): 277-293.
[GenPostwar/NatSec/Environment]
Vaz Antunes, Joao Nuno Jorge. "The European Union: Developing an Intelligence Capability." Studies in Intelligence 49, no. 4 (2005): 65-70.
A Portuguese Major General, the author "directs the European Union Military Staff's Intelligence Division." Here, he outlines the origins, mission, and structure of the EU's Military Staff and its Intelligence Division.
[OtherCountries/EU]
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