James Bond, Ian Fleming and intelligence: breaking down the boundary between the ‘real’ and the ‘imagined’

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The Concept of Information and Communication Technology on Human Capital Development: Content Analysis Method Approach

“…Underdeveloped nations are attempting to enter the twenty-first century's information era. Their development, however, is impeded by a scarcity of well-trained, talented, and informed ICT professionals who are capable of engaging with both online and offline sources of information (McCrisken & Moran, 2018). When a country empowers its citizens with ICTs, it can be ascertained that there will be an increase in the productivity of its human capital in such a country.…”

Ordinary lives behind extraordinary occupations: on the uses ofRubiconfor a social history of American intelligence

“…Alternatively, intelligence historians have also highlighted the role culture has played within the CIA's strategy against the Soviet Union as a part of the cultural Cold War (Saunders 1999;Wilford 2009). Following such a view, spy fiction is worth studying because of the various ways in which the world of intelligence and the one of entertainment have historically intertwined (Jenkins 2012), and because of the impact of representations of secret intelligence on public opinion, decision-makers and professionals alike (McCrisken and Moran 2018).…”

The neo-imperialism of decolonisation: John le Carré and Cold War India

“…Or, put another way, culture and politics interact together to shape our perceptions of reality. 5 This article engages with evolving debates surrounding the fact/fiction dichotomy in historical approaches to intelligence studies. It reinforces arguments advanced by scholars elsewhere that separating academic studies of intelligence from cultural representations of the secret world is impractical and reductive.…”

“…In le Carré's case, intelligence leaders from CIA Director, Richard Helms, to SIS Chiefs, Dick White, David Speeding, and Richard Dearlove, have all noted the author's power to mediate public understanding of their respective organizations. 9 In a domain where real intelligence knowledge is closely guarded and seldom revealed, public distinctions between fact and fiction can become blurred. 10 In the mid-1970s, as le Carré was introducing readers to George Smiley, one Indian government official, who would later occupy a senior position in the nation's external intelligence arm, the Research and Analysis Wing, informed a colleague of his interest in the secret world.…”