Books and Monographs

The Thrill of the Hunt: Lessons from Archival Research into Cold–War Era Intelligence Decision-making

Published November 12, 2024
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2024

“Nothing if Not Eventful” A Life’s Journey in CIA

Published December 15, 2023
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence in War;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2023

Profiles in Leadership: Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and Its Predecessors, 1941–2025

Published July 26, 2023
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Intelligence Leadership/Organization;
Pre-1947 Intelligence;

2023

The Soldier-Statesman in the Secret World: George C. Marshall and Intelligence in War and Peace

Cover image showing title and photo portrait of five-star general Marshall

Published April 27, 2023
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence and Policymaker Relationship;
Intelligence in War;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;
Pre-1947 Intelligence;

2023

CIA Cold War Records: The CIA Under Harry Truman, 1945–1952

Published December 31, 2022
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Intelligence in War;
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Pre-1947 Intelligence;

2022

The Origin and Development of the CIA in the Administration of Harry S. Truman-Conference Report

Published December 31, 2022
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Cold War Intelligence;
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2022

“An Excellent Idea!” Leading Surrogate Warfare in Southeast Asia, 1951–1970: A Personal Account

Book Cover shows James W. "Bill" Lair in Thai PARU uniform superimposed on a long view of Long Tieng Base in Laos.

Published June 23, 2022
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Intelligence in War;
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2022

Getting to Know the President, Fourth Edition

Published October 26, 2021
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence and Policymaker Relationship;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2021

Intelligence in the War of Independence: Intelligence Organization and Operations

Published May 1, 2020
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Intelligence in War;
Pre-1947 Intelligence;

2020

A Middle East Primed for New Thinking

Published September 1, 2019
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;
Other Topics;

2019

The History of CIA’s Office of Strategic Research, 1967-81

Cover of a publication title "Office of Strategic Research" showing stacks of negatives and a camera lens.

Published August 1, 2019
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence in War;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2019

CIA and the Wars in Southeast Asia, 1947-75

Grey cover of CIA and the War in Southeast Asia

Published August 30, 2016
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence in War;
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2016

CIA Support to Policymakers: Unheeded Warning of War

Orange and black cover of the publication titled "Unheeded Warning of War."

Published October 30, 2015
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;
Intelligence and Policymaker Relationship;

2015

Voices from the Station: The Evacuation of the US Embassy in Saigon in April 1975

Cover for the monograph "Voices from the Station: The Evacuation of the US Embassy in Saigon

Published August 15, 2015
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Intelligence in War;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2015

Official OSS Exhibition Catalogue—CIA Museum

Front cover of the OSS Official Exhibition Catalogue showing a man at his desk signing paper.

Published June 15, 2015
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Pre-1947 Intelligence;

2015

Notes From Our Attic—CIA Museum

Front cover of A Curator's Pocket History of the CIA" with a plane.

Published May 21, 2014
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Other Topics;

2014

Intelligence Community and Policymaker Integration

Published January 31, 2014
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Cold War Intelligence;
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Intelligence and Policymaker Relationship;

2014

CIA Support to Policymakers: The First Callers

Red, white, and blue cover of the publication titled "The President's Daily Brief Across Three Administrations."

Published September 30, 2013
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Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2013

CIA at War: A Photographic Essay

Published June 15, 2013
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Intelligence in War;

2013

CIA Support to Policymakers: The 2007 NIE on Iran’s Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities

Grey cover of "Support to Policymakers" featuring someone behind a black podium.

Published May 30, 2013
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;
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2013

Archangel: CIA’s Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft

Blue cover of Archangel study featuring a grey A-12.

Published January 28, 2012
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence and Technology;

2012

50 Years in Langley: Recollections of the Construction of CIA’s Original Headquarters Building

Published January 15, 2012
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2012

Thinking and Writing: Cognitive Science and Intelligence Analysis

Cover of the Thinking and Writing Book and Monograph

Published February 28, 2010
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;

2010

A Tradecraft Primer

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Published March 1, 2009
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;

2009

The Agency and the Hill: CIA’s Relationship With Congress

Blue front cover of The Agency and the Hill publication with a navy sketch of the Capitol.

Published May 9, 2008
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Cold War Intelligence;
Intelligence and Congress;
Intelligence Leadership/Organization;

2008

Curing Analytic Pathologies

Published December 15, 2005
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;

2005

Analytic Culture in the U.S. Intelligence Community

Published October 1, 2005
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2005

Directors of Central Intelligence as Leaders of the US Intelligence Community

Front navy cover of a CSI publication featuring several DCI

Published June 30, 2005
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Cold War Intelligence;
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2005

US Intelligence Community Reform Studies Since 1947

Cover image showing the 9-11 Commission in Session

Published April 15, 2005
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2005

Intelligence and Policy: The Evolving Relationship

Cover image for Report of a Roundtable on the Evolving Relationship of Intelligence and Policy held in November 2003.

Published June 30, 2004
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Intelligence and Policymaker Relationship;

2004

Intelligence for a New Era in American Foreign Policy: Conference Report

Published January 1, 2004
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Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft;
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2004

Watching the Bear: Essays on CIA’s Analysis of the Soviet Union

Published July 1, 2003
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2003

Predicting the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Published June 15, 2002
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2002

Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution (Foundational Documents)

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Published September 1, 2001
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2001

CIA’s Analysis of The Soviet Union, 1947-1991

Red cover of CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union publication.

Published June 15, 2001
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2001

US Intelligence and the Polish Crisis, 1980-1981

Cover of the US Intelligence and the Polish Crisis Book & Monograph

Published January 30, 2001
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2001

The Office of Strategic Services: America’s First Intelligence Agency

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Published May 15, 2000
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Intelligence in War;
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2000

International Trafficking in Women to the United States: A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime (1999)

Published April 1, 2000
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2000

At Cold War’s End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991

Cover for At Cold Wars End: US Intelligence on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union—A Compendium of NIEs and Assessments. 1989–1991

Published December 1, 1999
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1999

On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961

A View of the Brandenburg Gate in Post-war Berlin

Published June 30, 1999
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1999

The Founding Fathers of American Intelligence

Published January 30, 1999
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1999

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Published January 1, 1999
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1999

Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War

The Black Dispatches cover page with the faces of four black individuals.

Published December 30, 1998
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1998

The Final Months of the War With Japan

Published October 30, 1998
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1998

The CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974

Published June 15, 1998
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1998

CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes, 1962-68

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Published March 19, 1998
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1998

The Chinese Media

Published September 30, 1997
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1997

A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 War Scare

Simple cover showing title "A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 Soviet War Scare" by Ben B. Fischer with quotes from Yuri Andropov and Ronald Reagan

Published June 15, 1997
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1997

Okhrana: The Paris Operations of the Russian Imperial Police—A Studies in Intelligence Anthology

Published May 30, 1997
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1997

Assessing the Soviet Threat: The Early Cold War Years

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Published May 30, 1997
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1997

Sharing Secrets with Lawmakers: Congress as a User of Intelligence

Published February 1, 1997
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1997

Our First Line of Defense: Presidential Reflections on US Intelligence

Published December 30, 1996
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1996

Listing of Declassified National Intelligence Estimates on the Soviet Union and International Communism, 1946-1984

Published September 15, 1996
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1996

Venona: Soviet Espionage and The American Response, 1939-1957

Published August 31, 1996
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Cold War Intelligence;
Espionage and Counterespionage;
Pre-1947 Intelligence;

1996

Intentions and Capabilities: Estimates on Soviet Strategic Forces, 1950-1983

Published June 30, 1996
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1996

CIA Assessments of the Soviet Union: The Record Versus the Charges

Published May 30, 1996
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1996

CORONA: America’s First Satellite Program

Published June 30, 1995
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1995

Sherman Kent and the Board of National Estimates: Collected Essays

Sherman Kent seated in a suit and tie smiling

Published June 30, 1994
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1994

Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature, 1977-92

Published October 1, 1993
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Espionage and Counterespionage;

1993

CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962–63

Published October 1, 1992
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Intelligence and Technology;

1992