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It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
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WIN A FREE AUDIOBOOK! We have three free downloads of The Intelligence Intellectuals available. Repost this and your name will be in the draw! Greg Herken of the University of California says it is "a masterful account." Names drawn 31 January 2026. @tantoraudio.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
WIN A FREE AUDIOBOOK! We have three free downloads of The Intelligence Intellectuals available. Repost this and your name will be in the draw! Greg Herken of the University of California says it is "a masterful account." Names drawn 31 January 2026. @tantoraudio.bsky.social
WIN A FREE AUDIOBOOK! We have three free downloads of The Intelligence Intellectuals available. Repost this and your name will be in the draw! Greg Herken of the University of California says it is "a masterful account." Names drawn 31 January 2026. @tantoraudio.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
WIN A FREE AUDIOBOOK! We have three free downloads of The Intelligence Intellectuals available. Repost this and your name will be in the draw! Greg Herken of the University of California says it is "a masterful account." Names drawn 31 January 2026. @tantoraudio.bsky.social
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IMAGINE BEING A PROFESSOR seconded to CIA with the expectation you could use your social science skills to predict World War III. The Intelligence Intellectuals tells the personal and professional story of their journey. x.com/petercgrace/...
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
IMAGINE BEING A PROFESSOR seconded to CIA with the expectation you could use your social science skills to predict World War III. The Intelligence Intellectuals tells the personal and professional story of their journey. x.com/petercgrace/...
IMAGINE BEING A PROFESSOR seconded to CIA with the expectation you could use your social science skills to predict World War III. The Intelligence Intellectuals tells the personal and professional story of their journey. x.com/petercgrace/...
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
IMAGINE BEING A PROFESSOR seconded to CIA with the expectation you could use your social science skills to predict World War III. The Intelligence Intellectuals tells the personal and professional story of their journey. x.com/petercgrace/...
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Out Monday! Sir Lawrence Freedman called it "a fascinating history". Never been more topical. How social scientists invented strategic intelligence analysis in 1950 and re-established CIA's reputation. Order now on Amazon Books amazon.com/Intelligence-I…
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Out Monday! Sir Lawrence Freedman called it "a fascinating history". Never been more topical. How social scientists invented strategic intelligence analysis in 1950 and re-established CIA's reputation. Order now on Amazon Books amazon.com/Intelligence-I…
Out Monday! Sir Lawrence Freedman called it "a fascinating history". Never been more topical. How social scientists invented strategic intelligence analysis in 1950 and re-established CIA's reputation. Order now on Amazon Books amazon.com/Intelligence-I…
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Out Monday! Sir Lawrence Freedman called it "a fascinating history". Never been more topical. How social scientists invented strategic intelligence analysis in 1950 and re-established CIA's reputation. Order now on Amazon Books amazon.com/Intelligence-I…
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“Arrestingly well-researched and rich in biographical detail, this remarkable book reveals that America’s top spies believed in social science and hoped universities could rescue the early CIA from intelligence failure.” —Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story.
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Arrestingly well-researched and rich in biographical detail, this remarkable book reveals that America’s top spies believed in social science and hoped universities could rescue the early CIA from intelligence failure.” —Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story.
“Arrestingly well-researched and rich in biographical detail, this remarkable book reveals that America’s top spies believed in social science and hoped universities could rescue the early CIA from intelligence failure.” —Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story.
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Arrestingly well-researched and rich in biographical detail, this remarkable book reveals that America’s top spies believed in social science and hoped universities could rescue the early CIA from intelligence failure.” —Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story.
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You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
April 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
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I received my copy today of "The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA," the new book by @petercgrace.bsky.social. I read it in the editorial process and it's fun and groundbreaking. Strongly recommend for those interested in the history of the CIA or intel analysis
The Intelligence Intellectuals
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November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I received my copy today of "The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA," the new book by @petercgrace.bsky.social. I read it in the editorial process and it's fun and groundbreaking. Strongly recommend for those interested in the history of the CIA or intel analysis
Our first speaker line up for the Aspen Otago National Security Forum is Chris Taylor of ASPI interviewing the Biden Administration’s emerging tech czar Anne Neuberger on the huge challenges artificial intelligence poses for espionage and analysis. www.otago.ac.nz/foreign-poli...
July 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Our first speaker line up for the Aspen Otago National Security Forum is Chris Taylor of ASPI interviewing the Biden Administration’s emerging tech czar Anne Neuberger on the huge challenges artificial intelligence poses for espionage and analysis. www.otago.ac.nz/foreign-poli...
Is the national security system robust enough to withstand shock, and fleet-footed enough to respond to black swans? Rolfe asks whether it focuses more on the right processes than it does the right people, and if it ‘lacks imagination’, making NZers less secure.
May 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is the national security system robust enough to withstand shock, and fleet-footed enough to respond to black swans? Rolfe asks whether it focuses more on the right processes than it does the right people, and if it ‘lacks imagination’, making NZers less secure.
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I feel proud and very honored that my book “World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence” (UPK, 2023) is the subject of the latest H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable. I hope this encourages others to work in the field. 1/3
H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable 16-32 on Stout, World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence
21 April 2025 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-34 | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Sarah-Jane Corke Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre…
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April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I feel proud and very honored that my book “World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence” (UPK, 2023) is the subject of the latest H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable. I hope this encourages others to work in the field. 1/3
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
April 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
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Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
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It's not an overstatement to say that I really can't wait to read this book. Thank you very much for writing it.
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's not an overstatement to say that I really can't wait to read this book. Thank you very much for writing it.
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Book publishing is magical. It only feels like a couple of months ago I was series editing this bad boy in the pub … and now voila here it is.
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Book publishing is magical. It only feels like a couple of months ago I was series editing this bad boy in the pub … and now voila here it is.
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
We have a cover! My thanks to Georgetown University Press for their hard work. Photo of the "father of intelligence analysis" Sherman Kent in a very un-pc pose!
March 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We have a cover! My thanks to Georgetown University Press for their hard work. Photo of the "father of intelligence analysis" Sherman Kent in a very un-pc pose!
Very rewarding trip to D.C and NYC. Throughly enjoyed the @socintelhist.bsky.social conference at the International Spy Museum and the chance to present from my upcoming book. Made some new friends, and caught up with two old friends in NY. Still the greatest city. Stay strong America!
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Very rewarding trip to D.C and NYC. Throughly enjoyed the @socintelhist.bsky.social conference at the International Spy Museum and the chance to present from my upcoming book. Made some new friends, and caught up with two old friends in NY. Still the greatest city. Stay strong America!
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Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
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Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
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Volume 39, Issue 7 of Intelligence and National Security
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February 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
The University of What? Chris Moran, Richard Aldrich, Ronan Mainprize.
February 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The University of What? Chris Moran, Richard Aldrich, Ronan Mainprize.
Council of Four: John Negroponte, Michael McConnell, Michael Hayden, James Clapper. At the Society for Intelligence Historians conference, Washington D.C.
February 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Council of Four: John Negroponte, Michael McConnell, Michael Hayden, James Clapper. At the Society for Intelligence Historians conference, Washington D.C.
Henry Tonks, war surgeon and lecturer at the Slade art school at the turn of last century, described his class of particularly talented but demanding students as “a crisis of brilliance”.
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Henry Tonks, war surgeon and lecturer at the Slade art school at the turn of last century, described his class of particularly talented but demanding students as “a crisis of brilliance”.