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u/Deacalum · 2 pointsr/CFBOffTopic

My first master's degree was in Intelligence Studies with a concentration in Intelligence Operations.

My two favorite books are supplemental to each other but talk about the the US v. the USSR during the mid 80s to late 90s. One is from the perspective a former CIA case officer and the other is from the perspective of a former KGB case officer.

The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB by Milt Bearden
Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer

A great overview of intelligence history is A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century by Jeffery T. Richelson. Richelson is very knowledgeable about intelligence history and well respected as one of the premiere historians in the field. He has written a ton of other books and I imagine they're pretty good and worthwhile.

Finally, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis is a great book not only about the Cuban Missile Crisis but examining how national security decisions are made.

u/jonymcg · 2 pointsr/history

The most encompassing book I have read to date has been A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century. It includes everything from Russia Secretly Intelligence such as CHEKA, the Gestapo, the origins of MI6, MI5 and the BSS, and the rise of the CIA/NSA and its global intervention.

Seen here:
http://www.amazon.ca/Century-Spies-Intelligence-Twentieth/dp/019511390X

u/lowearthorbital · 1 pointr/Intelligence

A Century of Spies, by Jeffrey Richelson might be worth checking out. In general, Richelson has done a fair amount of "history of American Intelligence" types of books.

http://www.amazon.com/Century-Spies-Intelligence-Twentieth/dp/019511390X/ref=la_B000APNPG6_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406137379&sr=1-8