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About this event
**THIS EVENT IS FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE ONLY**
Speaker: Nick Reynolds
What: Lunchtime Talk on his new book Need to Know: World
War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
When: Thursday 23 February 2023 from 1100 until 1300 EST
Where: In person in the JSOU Eagle Claw Auditorium, this talk will not be broadcast virtually but will be
recorded and posted to the ThinkJSOU YouTube channel.
Audience: Limited to SOCOM, JSOU, and CENTCOM personnel with base access
Registration: Register by 17 February
Event Overview:
William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan was on a mission. He had a mandate from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to lead an office that would coordinate American intelligence. But Donovan’s vision was even greater. He wanted to create a one-stop shop to conduct the full range of intelligence activities and functions. Donovan recruited a larger-than-life cast of characters to join his new organization. That organization became the Office of Strategic Services or OSS, and it spearheaded the birth of American special operations.
Join former CIA operations officer, historian, and best-selling author Nicholas Reynolds as he discusses his new book, Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence. Reynolds will address some myths surrounding Donovan and the OSS also explaining their role in the Second World War. Count on a few entertaining stories, like when Donovan hopped on a 1920s-era wooden biplane to tour a secret OSS camp deep behind enemy lines!
He will also offer insights on other topics, including:
What the U.S. government knew ahead of the attack on Pearl
Harbor
The origins of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing alliance
and “special relationship” between American and British intelligence
The development of signals intelligence and its centrality
to the war effort
Personal and organizational rivalries that had lasting
impacts on the U.S. Intelligence Community
Remember to register ahead of time for this JSOU event. We look forward to seeing you Thursday, 23 February from 11:30AM-1:00 PM EST in the JSOU Eagle Claw Auditorium!
Unable to attend? This Lunchtime Talk will be recorded and posted to the ThinkJSOU YouTube channel at a later date: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkJSOU
Unable to attend and have a question for Dr. Perlman? Please submit all questions to ThinkJSOU@jsou.edu
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Jeffrey Rogg
Jeff Rogg is an Assistant Professor of
Strategic Intelligence and JIIM at Joint Special Operations University. His
research interests include U.S. intelligence history, civil-intelligence
relations, comparative intelligence, and national security policy. Jeff is
currently revising his book manuscript, The Spy and the State: The
Story of American Intelligence, which is under contract with Oxford
University Press.
Jeff has published articles in
the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence and Intelligence
and National Security. He has authored and co-authored book chapters on
comparative intelligence and U.S. intelligence oversight. Jeff’s work has also
appeared in Just Security, The Washington Post, The
National Interest, and the Los Angeles Times.
Jeff sits on the editorial board of
the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence.
He also currently serves as the Communications Director/Newsletter Editor for
the Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association and the
Virtual Brown Bag Coordinator for the North American Society for Intelligence
History.
Prior to his position at JSOU, Jeff
was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Intelligence and Security
Studies at The Citadel. He completed a postdoctoral teaching and research
fellowship in the National Security Affairs Department at the U.S. Naval War
College. Jeff served for six years in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. He
is a graduate of US Army Airborne School and Air Assault School.
Degrees
Ph.D. History (The Ohio
State University)
M.A. Security Studies (Georgetown University School of Foreign
Service)
J.D. (Villanova University)
B.A. Latin, Ancient History (Swarthmore College)
Nicholas Reynolds
Nicholas Reynolds has worked in the fields of modern
military history and intelligence off and on for forty years, with some unusual
detours. With a freshly minted PhD from Oxford University in hand, he joined
the United States Marine Corps in the 1970s, serving as an infantry officer and
then as a historian. As a colonel in the reserves, he eventually became Officer
in Charge of Field History, deploying historians around the world to capture
history as it was being made. When not on duty with the USMC, he served as a
CIA officer at home and abroad, immersing himself in the very human business of
espionage. He was later the historian for the CIA Museum, responsible for
developing its strategic plan and helping to turn remarkable artifacts into
compelling stories. He is the author of several books, including The New York
Times bestseller, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway’s Secret
Adventures, 1935-1961. His most recent book, Need to Know: World War II and the
Rise of American Intelligence was listed in The New Yorker’s “Best Books of
2022.”