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REVIEW IN THE CIPHER BRIEF: Linda Weissgold retired from CIA with 37 years experience. Her final position was serving as Deputy Director for Analysis, responsible for the quality of all-source intelligence analysis at the CIA. www.thecipherbrief.com/the-architec...

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REVIEW: Jeremy Rees in the NZ Listener says The Intelligence Intellectuals is (at least in part) "enlightening and entertaining". And what story of fixing a large, broken organisation doesn't have acronyms!? Available in New Zealand at Paperplus, Unity Books, and UBS Dunedin

The Intelligence Intellectuals. Social Scientists and the Making of CIA makes "a strong case that “intelligence intellectuals” were critical players in the creation of CIA intelligence products, and the resuscitation of the organization, in its early years."

"A lively account" performing a "stellar service" to historians of intelligence.

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The Intelligence Intellectuals. Social Scientists and the Making of CIA makes "a strong case that “intelligence intellectuals” were critical players in the creation of CIA intelligence products, and the resuscitation of the organization, in its early years."

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

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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Available through all good bookstores including Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-intell...

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/...

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…

“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.

Out January 5 2026 with Georgetown University Press For a 30% discount, click here and cite TGUF. press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Int...

“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.

There's a 30% discount if you buy it direct from Georgetown and cite "TGUF"

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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The Intelligence Intellectuals

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!

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...

That’s a pretty multidisciplinary get-up too.

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