History

Wasn’t All Magic: The Early Struggle to Automate Cryptanalysis

The National Security Agency has declassified an eye-opening pre-history of computers used for code-breaking between the 1930s and 1960s.  Special…

February 24, 2015

The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers

This collection of declassified analytic monographs and reference aids, designated within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Intelligence (DI)…

February 23, 2015

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in the early 1960s…

February 23, 2015

Operation SOLO, Communist Party Infiltration

Operation SOLO was a long-running FBI program to infiltrate the Communist Party of the United States and gather intelligence about…

February 23, 2015

Cold War Preparation and Survival

Background The following documents pertain to the preparation for a war with the Soviet Union. Countless studies from think tanks,…

February 23, 2015

Central Intelligence Agency Historical Publications

Not well known to the public, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) produces volumes of historical books and test for research.…

February 23, 2015

The CIA’s Style Manual & Writer’s Guide for Intelligence Publications

Here is an excerpt from the manual: Good intelligence depends in large measure on clear, concise writing. The information CIA…

February 23, 2015

USAF Southeast Asia Monographs

This series documents important aspects of the war in Southeast Asia. Originally published by the Airpower Research Institute at Maxwell…

February 22, 2015