A novel and comprehensive narrative of American intelligence from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Intelligence is all around us. We read about it in the news, wonder who is spying on us through our phones or computers, and want to know what is happening in the shadows. The US Intelligence Community or IC, as insiders call it, is more powerful than ever, but also more vulnerable than it has been in decades. It is facing the threat of rival intelligence services from countries like Russia and China while fighting to keep up with new technology and the private sector. Still, the IC's greatest struggle is always with the American people, who expect it to keep them safe but not at the cost of their liberty and principles. This foundational problem is at the center of The Spy and the State. Based on original research and a new interpretation of US history, this masterful book offers a complete history of American intelligence from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Jeffrey Rogg explores the origins and evolution of intelligence in America, including its overlooked role in some of the key events that shaped the nation and the historical underpinnings of intelligence controversies that have shaken the country to its constitutional core. With the American public in mind, he introduces the concept of US civil-intelligence relations to explain the interaction between intelligence and the society it serves.
While answering questions from the past, The Spy and the State poses new questions for the future that the United States must confront as intelligence gains ever greater importance in the twenty-first century.
Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Secrets Behind the Stars and Stripes Part One: The Eagle's Eyes: The Dawn of American Intelligence Chapter 1: A Revolution Sub Rosa: The Shadow War for Independence Chapter 2: The Founders, the First Citizen, and the First American Intelligence System Chapter 3: Bitter Bedfellows: Ideology, Intelligence, and Opposition Politics Chapter 4: The President's Fund for Part-Time Spies Chapter 5: Uncivil-Intelligence Relations in the Civil War Part Two: The Competition to Control Intelligence Chapter 6: Intelligence in the Service of a New Empire and Old Institutions Chapter 7: A Blurry Blue Line: The Origins of the FBI and Domestic Intelligence Chapter 8: Intelligence in No Man's Land Chapter 9: A Return to Normalcy Chapter 10: Navigating the Gathering Storm with Hoover at the Helm Chapter 11: Donovan's Finest Hour Chapter 12: An Intelligence Failure and an Intelligence Insurgency Chapter 13: Coordination at Last? Part Three: The Covert Cold War and Construction of the Secret National Security State Chapter 14: Central Intelligence and Central Problems Chapter 15: The CIA and a Clash of Cultures Chapter 16: New Oversight and New Organizations Chapter 17: Who Will Watch the Watchers? Chapter 18: Americanizing Intelligence? Chapter 19: The Executive Strikes Back Part Four: An American Intelligence State Chapter 20: The Illusory Peace Dividend Chapter 21: A New National Consensus and New National Security State Chapter 22: Reform Without Resolution Chapter 23: Revelation Without Reform Chapter 24: In Intelligence We Trust? Conclusion: America and the Intelligence Revolution Notes Bibliography Index
Jeffrey P. Rogg is Senior Research Fellow at the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida. He previously held academic positions at the Joint Special Operations University at US Special Operations Command, the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies at The Citadel, and the National Security Affairs Department at the US Naval War College. He has a BA from Swarthmore College, a JD from Villanova University, an MA in Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and a PhD in history from The Ohio State University. He serves on the boards of the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence and the Society for Intelligence History. He lives in Tampa, Florida.
Reviews for The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence
We have waited a long time for a comprehensive look at American intelligence from George Washington to the present day that is both scholarly and readable. Jeffrey Rogg delivers! Intelligence professionals and history buffs alike will be in his debt. * Nicholas Reynolds, Author of Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence * This is an ambitious, sweeping, confident (remarkably so given that it is the author's first book), even exuberant book that should be welcomed as a major contribution to a field lacking a similar work. * Hugh Wilford, Author of The CIA: An Imperial History *
