Intelligence History
- From the perspective of the history of intelligence, intelligence services are no longer primarily twilight agent headquarters that operated "dead letter boxes" and developed secret ink. They are foreign policy actors and producers of knowledge for decision-makers. In his contribution, Rüdiger Bergien develops a definition of this field of research. He traces how the academic study of intelligence services has developed since World War II, focusing on the question of how insights into the black box of intelligence services could be gained at different times. Finally, he presents the focal points of previous research and identifies desiderata.
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| Author: | Rüdiger Bergien |
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| URL: | https://docupedia.de/zg/Bergien_intelligence_history_v1_en_2021 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-2304 |
| Publisher: | ZZF - Centre for Contemporary History: Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte |
| Place of publication: | Potsdam |
| Document Type: | Online Publication |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/08/03 |
| Release Date: | 2021/08/24 |
| ZZF Chronological-Classification: | 20. Jahrhundert |
| ZZF Regional-Classification: | ohne regionalen Schwerpunkt |
| ZZF Topic-Classification: | Kalter Krieg |
| Geheimdienste | |
| Spionage | |
| Cold War Studies | |
| Propaganda | |
| Web-Publications: | Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
