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Intelligence Studies

Studies in Intelligence 69, No. 1 (Extracts, March 2025)

Articles and reviews from Studies in Intelligence Vol. 69, No. 1 (March 2025)

Contents

Letter to the Editors from Robert Kohler

Articles

Edwin Land’s Cold War Intelligence Legacy by Regis Heitchue

Decision Advantage: Intelligence Support for Presidential Visits: Historical Lessons from Africa Diplomacy by Judd Devermont

Memory Techniques in the Intelligence Community: A Tool for Improving Analysis? by Cody Herr

Intelligence in Public Media

Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Espionage, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
Reviewed by Aaron Edwards, PhD

Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan’s Empire in Korea and Manchuria
Reviewed by Yong Suk Lee

Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India’s Secret Cold War
Reviewed by Charles Heard

World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence
Reviewed by Scott A. Moseman, PhD

Karla’s Choice (“A John le Carré Novel”)
Reviewed by David Robarge

Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf
Reviews by Hayden Peake and John Ehrman

A Poem: Whispers by Resolute Lee

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Contributors

Letter, Article, and Poem Contributors

Judd Devermont is an operating partner at Kupanda Capital, a pan-African investment platform. He previously served as the senior director for African affairs at the National Security Council, national intelligence officer for Africa, and senior CIA analyst for Africa.

Regis D. Heitchue served as a senior executive in CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology. He specialized in advanced technical intelligence systems.

Cody Herr is a senior analyst at US Special Operations Command.

Robert Kohler is the former director of the Office of Development and Engineering and former executive vice president of TRW.

Resolute Lee is the pen name of an ODNI officer.

Reviewers

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defense and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and author of Agents of Influence: Britain’s Secret War Against the IRA.

John Ehrman is a retired Directorate of Analysis officer and frequent contributor to Studies.

Charles Heard is the pen name of a CIA officer.

Yong Suk Lee is a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Asia Program.

Scott Moseman, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Military History, Command and General Staff College and author of Defining the Mission: The Development of Strategic Intelligence up to the Cold War.

Hayden Peake served in CIA’s Directorates of Operations and Science and Technology. He has contributed to the Intelligence Offcer’s Bookshelf since 2002.

David Robarge is the chief of CIA’s History Staff.