Watching the Bear: Essays on CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union

Gerald K. Haines, Robert E. Leggett

Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 2003 - Business & Economics - 290 pages

Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Watching the Bear: Essays on CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union
• Editors: Gerald K. Haines, Robert E. Leggett
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 2003
• ISBN: 0160679540, 9780160679544
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; History / Russia / General; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage; Political Science / Public Policy / Military Policy