REFERENCE MATERIALS

Bibliographies

U.S. - By Topic

Topics included here:

1. Literature Reviews and Historiographies

2. Deception

3. Technical Intelligence

4. Military

5. Reconnaissance

6. Terrorism (Print Materials)

7. Terrorism (Web-Based Materials)

1. Literature Reviews and Historiographies

Allen, Deane J. "Reviewing the Literature: Intelligence Is Organization." Defense Intelligence Journal 1, no. 1 (Spring 1992): 113-120.

"The evolution of intelligence beyond its early rudimentary forms ... depended upon organizational innovation and resiliency." Works mentioned include Schwien, Kent, Dulles, Hilsman, Cline, Godson, Berkowitz and Goodman, and Shulsky.

Allen, Gary W., and Anthony J. Ramienski. "A Survey of Intelligence Literature." Military Intelligence 12, no. 2 (1986): 54-56.

Ferris, John. "Coming In from the Cold War: The Historiography of American Intelligence, 1945-1990." Diplomatic History 19, no. 1 (Winter 1995): 87-115.

The study of intelligence as an academic discipline shows a high degree of integration of the topics and techniques of the subdisciplines of military history and strategic studies.

Hunter, David H. "The Evolution of Literature on United States Intelligence." Armed Forces and Society 5, no. 1 (1978): 31-52. [Petersen]

Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri. "The Historiography of the CIA." Historical Journal 23 (Jun. 1980): 489-496. [Petersen]

Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri. "Review Article: Manual Indices and Digital Pathways: Developments in United States Intelligence Bibliography." Intelligence and National Security 9, no. 3 (Jul. 1994): 555-559.

Reviews Petersen; Electronic Database of the Russell J. Bowen Collection; CIABASE; NameBase.

Little, Wendell E. "The Intelligence Bookshelf." Air University Review 30 (May-Jun. 1979): 85-91. [Petersen]

Lowenthal, Mark M. "The Intelligence Library: Quantity vs Quality." Intelligence and National Security 2, no. 2 (Apr. 1987): 368-373.

Peake, Hayden B. "SIGINT Literature: World War I to the Present." American Intelligence Journal 15, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1994): 88-92.

The author discusses, among others, Yardley, Kahn, Flicke, Ferris, Hinsley, Lewin, Clausen and Lee, Layton and Costello, Drea, Smith, Richelson and Ball, Bamford, and West.

Robertson, Kenneth G. "The Study of Intelligence in the United States." In Comparing Foreign Intelligence: The U.S., the USSR, the U.K. & the Third World, ed. Roy Godson, 7-42. Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1988.

Smith, Bradley F. "An Idiosyncratic View of Where We Stand on the History of American Intelligence in the Early Post-1945 Era." Intelligence and National Security 3, no. 4 (Oct. 1988): 111-123.

2. Deception

Stanley, Zell. An Annotated Bibliography of the Open Literature on Deception. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1985. [Petersen]

3. Technical Intelligence

Bolin, Robert L. Technical Intelligence Bibliography. Athens, GA: University of Georgia, Political Science Department, 1985. [Petersen]

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