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Studies Archive Index
All statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed in Studies in
Intelligence and CSI Publications are those of the Authors. They do not
necessarily reflect official positions or views of the Central
Intelligence Agency or any other US government entity, past or present.
Nothing in the contents should be construed as asserting or implying US
government endorsement of an article's factual statements and
interpretations.
CIA University is pleased to make
available this electronic archive of articles and indexes on the profession of
intelligence. The articles are taken from CIA’s 50-year old professional
journal, Studies in Intelligence, and from a new series of papers
produced by the Sherman Kent School of Intelligence Analysis entitled Kent
Center Occasional Papers. The archive includes over 600 of the
unclassified and declassified articles that have been published in Studies
and nine Occasional Papers. As resources permit, more articles will
be included in later releases of this index/archive database.
Intelligence trailblazer Sherman
Kent—the ‘father’ of intelligence analysis in America—created Studies in
1955 as a journal for intelligence professionals. In the first article
published in Studies, Kent called for the creation of a literature that
would support the development of intelligence as a professional discipline. He
said, “As long as this discipline lacks a literature, its method, its
vocabulary, its body of doctrine, and even its fundamental theory run the risk
of never reaching full maturity.” Kent believed that the most important service
such a literature could perform would be to record and disseminate new ideas
and experiences, and build toward a cumulative understanding of the profession.
We trust that this reference tool
will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike as
they contribute to the ongoing fulfillment of Sherman Kent’s vision of intelligence
as a mature discipline, anchored in an expanding professional literature.
Using
the index/archive system:
Four tools are included to facilitate understanding of the
content of the analysis and operations articles in this database and to enable
readers to navigate quickly to the material they seek:
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An
Analysis Subject Index, which contains about 900 topical entries on
aspects of intelligence analysis.
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An Operations Subject Index, which contains over 850
topical entries on intelligence operations subjects.
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An Author Title Index, which provides an alphabetical
listing of each author and title indexed in the two subject indexes and a
précis of each article.
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The Web site's full-text, key word search capability, which may be
used to search the articles.
The indexes can also be searched using the Web browser's "Find" (Ctrl +F) function.
Navigating the
system:
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The
page numbers in the indexes are hyperlinked to the articles. Clicking on
the page number leads to either the first page of the article in the
author/title index or to the first page where the topic is mentioned in the
subject indexes.
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Page
citations for Studies articles follow the format: Stud. Intel. Volume:
Issue-Page(s). Thus, Stud. Intel. V24: 3-1–9 should be read as Studies
in Intelligence Volume 24, Issue 3, Page(s) 1 through 9. On occasion, the
Volume: Issue citation is replaced by the name and date of the issue
(e.g., Fall/Winter 2001).
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Page
citations for Kent Center Occasional Papers follow the format: Kent Cen.
Occ. Pap. Volume: Number-Page(s). Thus Kent Cen. Occ. Pap.
1:1-1–8 should be read as Kent Center Occasional Paper Volume 1, Number
1, Page(s) 1 through 8.
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Printing
or downloading articles from the author/title index and individual pages from
the subject indexes is accomplished by clicking on the "PDF" link
located next to each page citation link. The clearest copy of photographs and
other graphics is also often available in the PDF version of each article.
Commenting on the
index/archive:
Comments or questions on this database are encouraged and
may be submitted via the Web site's e-mail form
or by phone, fax, or mail as detailed on the Contact CIA page.
Posted: Apr 25, 2007 06:11 AM
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2007 12:33 PM
Last Reviewed: Apr 25, 2007 06:11 AM