About Paul W. Blackstock
Lived 1913 – 1979 (aged 65–66). Paul W. Blackstock was an American writer.
Paul W. Blackstock (–14 August 1978) was a former US Army Intelligence officer who wrote books and articles on counterintelligence after leaving service.
Career Blackstock worked for the US Army Intelligence during World War II, and later specialized in psychological warfare. In 1960 he became an associate professor at the University of South Carolina.
Death Paul W. Blackstock died on 14 August 1965, aged 65.
Selected works
Books authored The Strategy of Subversion: Manipulating the Politics of Other Nations (Chicago: Quadrangle, 1964) Agents of Deceit (1966) Secret Road to World War Two: Soviet versus Western Intelligence, 1921-1939 (1969) The CIA and the Intelligence Community: Their Roles, Organization, and Functions (St. Charles, MO: Forum Press, 1974)
Books co-authored The Right to Know, to Withhold & to Lie (1969) "Covert Military Operations," Handbook of Military Institutions edited by Roger W. Little(Sage, 1971) Intelligence, Espionage, Counterespionage, and Covert Operations (1978)
Books edited The Russian Menace to Europe (1953)
Books translated We Never Make Mistakes by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1963)
Articles "The Central Intelligence Agency," Twentieth Century 21 (Spring 1966) "The CIA and the Penkovskiy Affair: 'A New Dis-Service for all Concerned'," Worldview 9 (Feb 1966) "CIA: A Non-Inside Report." Worldview 9:5 (May 1966) "'Books for Idiots': False Soviet 'Memoirs'," The Russian Review 25:3 (Jul 1966) "The Tukhachevsky Affair," The Russian Review (Apr 1969) "On the Moral Implications of Torture and Exemplary Assassination" (May 1970) "The Intelligence Community Under the Nixon Administration," Armed Forces and Society 1 (Feb 1975) "Counterintelligence and the Constitutional Order," Society 12 (Mar-Apr 1975)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Paul W. Blackstock?
US Army Intelligence officer; writer (d. 1979)
When was Paul W. Blackstock born?
Paul W. Blackstock was born in 1913.
When did Paul W. Blackstock die?
Paul W. Blackstock died in 1979.
What was Paul W. Blackstock's occupation?
Paul W. Blackstock was a writer.
What nationality was Paul W. Blackstock?
Paul W. Blackstock was American.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Paul W. Blackstock
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