Covert and Overt: Recollecting and Connecting Intelligence Service and Information Science (Asist Monograph) (Asist Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573872342 ISBN 13: 9781573872348

Publisher: Information Today, 2005

Synopsis

The first scholarly book to present an in-depth exploration of the historical relationships between covert intelligence work and information/computer science. The book first examines the pivotal strides made during World War II to utilize technology in the gathering and dissemination of government/military intelligence. Next, it traces the evolution of the relationship between spymasters, computers, and systems developers through the years of the Cold War-a period notable for the parallel development of high-tech spyware and powerful systems for encoding, decoding, storing, and manipulating intelligence data.

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Review:

Gently thought provoking. * Studies In Intelligence, Vol. 50, No. 4 * Covert and Overt is a scholarly work that will be welcomed by any researcher, historian, intelligence professional, or bibliophile interested in the vital conjunction of information technology and covert intelligence. * Intelligencer *

About the Author:

Robert V. Williams is Distinguished Emeritus Professor, University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science. Ben-Ami Lipetz is Emeritus Professor of Information Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Information Today
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1573872342
• ISBN 13: 9781573872348
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Williams Robert V., Lipetz Ben-Ami