The Spy and the State

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We have waited a long time for a comprehensive look at American intelligence from George Washington to the present day that is both scholarly and readable. Jeffrey Rogg delivers! Intelligence professionals and history buffs alike will be in his debt. * Nicholas Reynolds, Author of Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence * This is an ambitious, sweeping, confident (remarkably so given that it is the author's first book), even exuberant book that should be welcomed as a major contribution to a field lacking a similar work. * Hugh Wilford, Author of The CIA: An Imperial History * I^'The Spy and the State' is as much of a historical account as it is a work of keen contemporary observation and incisive commentary. * Ralph L. DeFalco III, Law & Liberty * Sweeping....The book is a work of even-handed historical writing by an author with deep roots in national security studies....The book is also a balanced, thoughtful, and well-grounded discussion of the tumultuous growth of the national security intelligence bureaucracy, the professionalization of US intelligence, and the evolution of intelligence oversight. The Spy and the State is a significant accomplishment of genuine scholarship. * Robert L. DeFalco III, Law & Liberty * A critically informed historical narrative of the U.S. intelligence community, advancing the clear argument that tensions between intelligence practice and democratic values are not a phenomenon of the modern era but a longstanding issue whose roots reach back to the very founding of the United States.... Rogg's volume is unique, timely, and advances theoretical development and understanding of intelligence activity in democratic societies.... Unquestionably a foundational work for critically examining the evolution of the U.S. intelligence community. * Ante Batistic, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence *