Covert and Overt
Recollecting and Connecting Intelligence Service and Information Science
Published on 9. February 2006
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-57387-234-8 (ISBN)
Description
Covert and Overt explores the historical relationships between overt intelligence work and information/computer science. Skillfully edited by Robert V. Williams and Ben-Ami Lipetz, the book features contributions by intelligence professionals and technologists from a range of U.S. and British agencies and armed services. The book begins by examining the pivotal strides to utilize technology in the gathering and dissemination of government/military intelligence during World War II. Next, it traces the evolution of the relationship between spymasters, computers, and systems developers through the years of the Cold War-a period notable for the parallel development of high-tech spyware and powerful new systems for encoding, decoding, storing, and manipulating intelligence data. This scholarly work will be welcomed by any researcher, historian, or intelligence professional interested in the vital conjunction of information technology and covert intelligence.
Reviews / Votes
Gently thought provoking. * Studies In Intelligence, Vol. 50, No. 4 * Covert and Overt is a scholarly work that will be welcomed by any researcher, historian, intelligence professional, or bibliophile interested in the vital conjunction of information technology and covert intelligence. * Intelligencer *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-57387-234-8 (9781573872348)
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Persons
Robert V. Williams is Distinguished Emeritus Professor, University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science. Ben-Ami Lipetz is Emeritus Professor of Information Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Content
Part 1 Introduction Part 2 PART 1: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE: REMINISCENCES AND REFLECTIONS FROM WORLD WAR II TO TODAY Chapter 3 1. Intelligence Work and the Information Professions Chapter 4 2. Spies of the Airwaves Chapter 5 3. Intelligence Work and Information Science: Two Men in a Boat Chapter 6 4. The Intelligence Game: Seeing is Believing? Chapter 7 5. Applications of Information Science to U.S. Naval Intelligence and Narcotics Intelligence, 1974-1992 Chapter 8 6. A Life in the Information Trade Part 9 PART 2: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 10 7. Information Management in MI5 Before the Age of the Computer Chapter 11 8. Some Aspects of Indexing in British Intelligence, 1939-1945 Chapter 12 9. Intelligence Agencies, Librarians, and Information Scientists Chapter 13 10. Historical Note on Information Science in Wartime: Pioneer Documentation Activities in World War II Part 14 PART 3: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE: PRESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEWS Chapter 15 11. Technology for Open Source Government Information and Business Intelligence Chapter 16 12. Knowledge Transfer: Information Science Shapes Intelligence in the Cold War Era Part 17 PART 4: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE: SOURCES FOR STUDY Chapter 18 13. The Information Science and Intelligence Service Literature: An Overview Chapter 19 14. Defining What Information Science Is or Should Be: A Survey and Review of a Half-Century of Published Pronouncements Chapter 20 15. Wanted: A Definition of "Intelligence" Chapter 21 16. Evidence and Inference in Foreign Intelligence Chapter 22 17. The Zoo and the Jungle: A Comparison of the Information Practices of Intelligence Analysts and Scientists Part 23 About the Editors Part 24 List of Acronyms Part 25 Index