THE STUDY OF SECRET INTELLIGENCE, ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Cover Image

STUDIUL INFORMAŢIILOR SECRETE (INTELLIGENCE), CONTRIBUȚIE ESENȚIALĂ LA ÎNŢELEGEREA ISTORICĂ A CELUI DE-AL DOILEA RĂZBOI MONDIAL
THE STUDY OF SECRET INTELLIGENCE, ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Author(s): Iulia Cristina SĂCĂLAŞ
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: National Institute for Intelligence Studies
Keywords: intelligence;political historiography;decision-making;secret information;analysis

Summary/Abstract: Intelligence had a different importance in decision-making depending on the historical period of time we are referring to. Nonetheless, the study of secret intelligence for the historiographical development became more relevant in 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 and develop more complex conclusions, revealing, thanks to a more comprehensive analysis, aspects otherwise difficult to understand in the historical context. An appropriate example would be the study of the Second World War

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 183-192
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian