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I had two interesting lists to compile after reading this article: First is books written by former diplomats / intel opporatives. SO many greats! Second, th
by ynac 3y ago
I had two interesting lists to compile after reading this article:
First is books written by former diplomats / intel opporatives. SO many greats!
Second, the intelligence officer's book shelf. In other words, book lists for people studying the various arts of intelligence. Fascinating stuff.
- mdhb 3y agoI feel like most people maybe aren’t aware that this is a thing but here are hundreds of book reviews by the CIA https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/book-reviews-by-title/ https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/book-reviews-by-title/
- mesofile 3y agoSounded interesting, but 1) the titles don't link to reviews as I expected, am I missing something? and 2) it appears to be an inactive project – I've only clicked through a sample of the full list but the majority of titles reviewed date from the 1960s & 70s, and I haven't found any more recently published than 1995.
- scrlk 3y ago> I haven't found any more recently published than 1995. See the text above the filter - "486 Declassified Book Reviews". I assume anything newer than 1995 is still classified.
- ynac 3y agohttps://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/an-intelligence-professional’s-reading-list https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/an-intelligence-profes... The magazine was a new discovery for me as well as the annual reading list.
- max2 3y agoCould you share your list please?
- bozhark 3y agogot a link to the lists?
- kramerger 3y agoCan you point me to some good ones? I have found some excellent British authors with roots in GCHQ, but the American ones I have tried reading so far have been all very black-and-white which makes them super boring.