Summary

Hugh Wilford joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn ) to discuss his new book. Hugh is a professor, author, and leading CIA historian.

What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

Reflections

And much, much more …

Resources

SURFACE SKIM

*Spotlight Resource*

*SpyCasts*

The British Monarchy and Secret Intelligence with Rory Cormac and Richard Aldrich (2024)
The Past 75 Years with Historian of the CIA Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (2022)
The 75th Anniversary of the CIA with former Director Robert Gates (2022)

DEEPER DIVE

Books

A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA, R. Jeffreys-Jones (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Spymasters: CIA Directors, C. Whipple (S&S, 2020)
A Brief History of the CIA, R. Immerman (Wiley, 2014)

Primary Sources

*Wildcard Resource*

Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling
As Hugh mentions in this interview, this book was the inspiration behind Kermit Roosevelt Jr.’s nickname, Kim. Harold Adrian Russell Philby, the infamous member of the Cambridge Spy Ring better known as Kim Philby, took inspiration from the same source.

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“An Imperial History of the CIA” – with Hugh Wilford