Willan, Philip. Puppet Masters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy. London: Constable, 1991.
Willan, Philip. Puppet Masters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy. London: Constable, 1991.
In an excess of obeisance to conspiracy hype, Bull, I&NS 7.4, finds this book to be "an excellent analysis of the state and security services' role in terrorism." Willan's thesis is that "the American and Italian secret services ... colluded with right-wing terrorism and manipulated left-wing terrorism as a means of ... keeping out of power the largest communist party in the west." However, the author "does ... not prove this thesis unequivocally but he offers sufficient evidence for its possible validity."
[OtherCountries/Italy; Terrorism]
Willert, Arthur. The Road to Safety: A Study in Anglo-American Relations. London: Verschoyle, 1952. New York: Praeger, 1953.
Constantinides: "The book deals with [William] Wiseman's role in high-level diplomacy in the United States, but the second chapter provides information on his work as intelligence chief prior to his being introduced to the Americans as such.... It is far from an adequate treatment of Wiseman's intelligence role in the United States."
[WWI/UK/Wiseman]
Williamson, Charles A. "Special Operations Intelligence." American Intelligence
Journal 11, no. 3 (1990): 15-17.
[MI/SpecOps]
Williamson, Christine E. "The Air Force Office of Special Investigations: Postured for the Future." Air & Space Power Journal 19, no. 2 (Summer 2005). [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil]
Since its beginning in 1948, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI): "has kept commanders, whether at home or deployed abroad, apprised of threat information that could adversely affect the mission or safety of Air Force personnel. Today, the command has become substantially more integrated into joint ventures as well as law-enforcement and intelligence communities in order to maintain a global perspective and protect Air Force resources in an ever-evolving threat environment."
[MI/AF/00s]
Willing, Richard. "Contractors Playing Major Role in U.S. Intelligence." USA Today, 25 Apr. 2007. [http://www.usatoday.com]
"Private contractors, including for-hire intelligence analysts, computer technicians and spies, now form a 'key part' of the overall intelligence workforce," according to a classified survey report written by the DNI's chief human capital director, Ron Sanders.
[DNI/07; GenPostCW/00s/07]
Willis, Jeffrey R. The Wehrmacht Propaganda Branch: German Military Propaganda and Censorship
during World War II. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1976. [Wilcox]
[WWII/Eur/Ger]
Willoughby, Charles A. Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring. New York: Dutton, 1952. Sorge: Soviet Master Spy. London: William Kimber, 1952.
Clark comment: This book is based on a report compiled by Willoughby's staff (he was MacArthur's intelligence chief, 1941-1951) in Japan.
Constantinides says that Deakin and Storry, The Case of Richard Sorge, is "far superior." Bath, NIPQ 20.1, notes that this work relies "in the main on captured Japanese police records of the investigation, interrogation -- apparently without torture or undue pressure -- and confessions of the conspirators."
[Russia/WWII/Sorge]
Willoughby, Charles A., comp. The Guerrilla Resistance Movement in the Philippines 1941-1945. New York: Vantage: 1972.
Willoughby served as MacArthur's intelligence chief, 1941-1951.
[WWII/FE/Pac/Philippines]
Willrich, Mason, and Theodore B. Taylor. Nuclear Theft: Risks and Safeguards. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1974.
Written over 30 years ago, this work sounded a clear warning for a number of the concerns that have come more directly to the fore with the end of the Cold War. In fact, Quester, PSQ 90.1, made the point well when he opened his review with the statement that, "This may turn out to have been a landmark book." The authors argue that there is a serious risk of nuclear materials being stolen and weapons assembled and used by criminal or fanatical political groups. I doubt that the "What to do after a theft?" question is any closer to being answered today than it was when Willrich and Taylor wrote this book.
[GenPostwar/Issues/Proliferation]
Wilton, Terry L. [LTCDR/USN (Ret.)] "My View of Operation Eagleclaw." Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly 23, no. 4 (Sep. 2007): 26-27.
The author was the intelligence officer for an EA-6B Prowler squadron deployed aboard the USS Nimitz.
[GenPostwar/80s/Iran]
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