THE STUDY OF SECRET INTELLIGENCE, ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE STUDY OF SECRET INTELLIGENCE, ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Author(s): Iulia Cristina SĂCĂLAŞSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: National Institute for Intelligence Studies
Keywords: intelligence; historiography; decision-making; secret
Summary/Abstract: Intelligence had a different importance in decision-making dependingon the historical period of time we are referring to. Nonetheless, the study ofsecret intelligence for the historiographical development became more relevantin the past decades, after the end of the Cold War. With the study of intelligence,the historical perspectives and debates started to have different shapes anddevelop more complex conclusions, revealing, thanks to a more comprehensiveanalysis, aspects otherwise difficult to understand in the historical context. Anappropriate example would be the study of the Second World War
Journal: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 175-182
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English