Arthur B. Darling

Darling, Arthur B.

1. "The Birth of Central Intelligence." Studies in Intelligence 10, no. 2 (Spring 1966): 1-19.

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/author-combine.htm: "Describes the emergence, during 1944-46, of support for a central intelligence organization, reflecting battles for control among the military, State Department, and the FBI and awareness that a congressional probe of the Pearl Harbor intelligence failure would create pressures for an effective organization."

2. "Central Intelligence Under Souers." Studies in Intelligence 12, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 55-74.

3. "DCI Hillenkoetter: Soft Sell and Stick." Studies in Intelligence 13, no. 1 (Winter 1969): 33-56.

4. "Origins of Central Intelligence." Studies in Intelligence 8, no. 3 (Summer 1964): 55-94.

5. "With Vandenberg as DCI." Studies in Intelligence 12, no. 3 (Summer 1968): 79-98.

6. "With Vandenberg as DCI (Part II)." Studies in Intelligence 12, no. 4 (Fall 1968): 73-94.

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Darling, Arthur B. The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 1990.

Click for reviews of Darling's book and that of Ludwell Lee Montague, covering the period to 1953.

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