If deception, deceit and manipulation are integral to the business
of intelligence gathering - what are the implications for the
historical record? Are intelligence archives themselves officially
constructed to allow only manipulated histories?
This new book examines these questions and explores how various
kinds of people involved in studying and/or practicing
intelligence, view texts and issues from different perspectives. It
shows how scholars have long sought to make use of relevant
archives, but constraints on access to such sources have been
considerable. With the end of the Cold War and other changes in
official attitudes, more intelligence documents are now becoming
available.
This is a fascinating new examination that shows how no document
speaks entirely for itself, though some may be more eloquent or
assertive than others. The interpretation of the archival record
(as indeed the non-archival record) is at the heart of scholarship,
and challenges in interpreting textsare generic problems for any
researcher.
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