The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA
By Peter C Grace, Georgetown University Press, £32
Book reviews: The social science behind the CIA and counting Russia’s crimes against nature
A potted selection of reviews from our sister journal ‘International Affairs’, by its managing editor, Hannah Patrick
The World Today
Published 15 June 2026 — 3 minute READ
Image — Walter Bedell Smith (left) served as the CIA director from 1950-1953, pictured above at Northolt Airport, UK, 23rd November 1947. Photo: Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
