Central Intelligence Agency. Studies in Intelligence: Index 1955-1992.
63 pages.
Studies in Intelligence is an internal CIA journal founded in 1955 by
Sherman Kent, a Yale professor who became the godfather of the intelligence
analysts. This is the academic wing of U.S. intelligence, where analysts
see themselves as disciplined professionals. According to Kent, intelligence
"has developed a recognized methodology; it has developed a vocabulary; it
has developed a body of theory and doctrine; it has elaborate and refined
techniques. It now has a large professional following. What it lacks is a
literature.... The most important service that such a literature performs
is the permanent recording of our new ideas and experiences." Kent saw this
journal as a "rudimentary step towards making our findings cumulative."
This index covers nearly 1000 originally unclassified or subsequently
declassified articles and book reviews published from 1955 to 1992. Most of
this material wasn't available to the public until recently. It includes
about 250 names of contributors, along with the title and date of their
contribution. (The book reviews, which are listed in this index by book
author but not by reviewer, were not entered in NameBase.) Copies of the
individual articles listed in this index are available from the Military
Reference Branch (NNRM), Textual Reference Division, National Archives and
Record Administration, Washington DC 20408.
Extract the names from this source
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