America’s Information Wars: The Untold Story of Information Systems in America’s Conflicts and Politics From World War II to the Internet Age

390 Pages·2018·6.007 MB·English

by  Colin B. Burke

AMERICA’S INFORMATION
WARS

AMERICA’S INFORMATION
WARS
The Untold Story of Information
Systems in America’s Conflicts and
Politics from World War II
to the Internet Age
Colin B. Burke
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CONTENTS
ListofFigures ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PARTI:INFORMATIONATWARWITHHITLER
ANDTOJO,THENWITHSTALIN 1
1 TheOSS’sUnusualLibrarians 3
2 ForginganIntelligenceSystem 19
3 ANewInformationCulture 37
4 MicrofilmattheOSS,forWarandProfit 55
5 OneSystemforAllIntelligence 75
6 CIA’sClassificationandAutomationBattles 97
PARTII:COLDWARINFORMATIONPOLITICSAND
LIVES 115
7 IdeologyandScienceInformationPolicy 117
8 TheCIA’sLibrariansunderFire 137
9 LibraryandClassificationRevolutions?:SAL,Semantic
Factors,theLuhnScanner 153
10 AutomationDreams,Minicard 173
11 TheCIAversustheLibrarians 189
12 FromMicrofilmtoComputers 203
13 AutomaticTranslation’sWoes 217
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14 AColdWarInformationCareer 235
PARTIII:INFORMATION’STROUBLEDGOLDEN
AGETOTHEERAOFOPENACCESS 255
15 Sputnik’sNewPoliticsofInformation 257
16 AnAmericanInformationCentury? 277
17 ThePluralInformationSystemSurvives,withDifficulty 295
18 ANewInformationEra:TheAmericanInformation
Century’sChallengers 315
19 AnotherSerialsCrisis,OpenAccess,theReturnofIdeology 337
Bibliography 351
Index 363
AbouttheAuthor 373
LIST OF FIGURES
Fig.2.1 COIAbstractCard 30
Fig.2.2 COI-OSSMapSystemCard 32
Fig.4.1 LanganApertureCard 57
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