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| + | |nationality=US | ||
| + | |birth_date=December 6, 1903 | ||
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| + | |death_date=March 11, 1986 | ||
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| + | |parents=William Kent, Elizabeth Thacher Kent | ||
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| + | |siblings=Roger Kent,Adaline Kent | ||
| + | |alma_mater=The Thacher School,Yale | ||
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| + | |title=Chief of Office of National Estimates | ||
| + | |start=1952 | ||
| + | |end=1967 | ||
| + | |employer=CIA | ||
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[[Sherman Kent]] was a senior [[CIA]] intelligence analyst who headed the [[Office of National Estimates]] from January 1952 to December 1967.<ref>Harold P. Ford, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/sherman-kent-and-the-board-of-national-estimates-collected-essays/1tribute.html A Tribute to Sherman Kent], CIA, accessed 1 August 2009.</ref> | [[Sherman Kent]] was a senior [[CIA]] intelligence analyst who headed the [[Office of National Estimates]] from January 1952 to December 1967.<ref>Harold P. Ford, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/sherman-kent-and-the-board-of-national-estimates-collected-essays/1tribute.html A Tribute to Sherman Kent], CIA, accessed 1 August 2009.</ref> | ||
[[Abram Shulsky]] and [[Gary Schmitt]] have criticised a view of intelligence as social science which they attribute to Kent: | [[Abram Shulsky]] and [[Gary Schmitt]] have criticised a view of intelligence as social science which they attribute to Kent: | ||
| − | ::If intelligence could reliably make the predictions implied in Kent's discussion, policy makers would indeed be foolish to ignore them, an their jobs would be made much easier. Kent's optimism on this point reflects the general optimism of the social sciences in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt, Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence, Brassey's, 2002,p.174.</ref> | + | ::If intelligence could reliably make the predictions implied in Kent's discussion, policy makers would indeed be foolish to ignore them, an their jobs would be made much easier. Kent's optimism on this point reflects the general optimism of the social sciences in the [[1940s]] and 1950s.<ref>Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt, Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence, Brassey's, 2002,p.174.</ref> |
Shulsky and Schmitt's interpretation of Kent's views has been strongly criticised by David Habakkuk.<ref>David Habakkuk, [http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/files/sspaper.pdf sspaper.pdf], Sic Semper Tyrannis, 11 November 2005.</ref><ref>David Habakkuk, [http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2007/12/habakkuk-on-the.html Habakkuk on the neocons' use of intelligence], Sic Semper Tyrannis, 14 December 2007.</ref> | Shulsky and Schmitt's interpretation of Kent's views has been strongly criticised by David Habakkuk.<ref>David Habakkuk, [http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/files/sspaper.pdf sspaper.pdf], Sic Semper Tyrannis, 11 November 2005.</ref><ref>David Habakkuk, [http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2007/12/habakkuk-on-the.html Habakkuk on the neocons' use of intelligence], Sic Semper Tyrannis, 14 December 2007.</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Spooks|Kent, Sherman]][[Category:OSS|Kent, Sherman]][[Category:CIA|Kent, Sherman]] | [[Category:Spooks|Kent, Sherman]][[Category:OSS|Kent, Sherman]][[Category:CIA|Kent, Sherman]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:44, 22 November 2023
 Sherman Kent    (academic, spook) | |
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| Born | December 6, 1903 |
| Died | March 11, 1986 (Age 82) |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | The Thacher School, Yale |
| Parents | • William Kent • Elizabeth Thacher Kent |
| Siblings | • Roger Kent • Adaline Kent |
Sherman Kent was a senior CIA intelligence analyst who headed the Office of National Estimates from January 1952 to December 1967.[1]
Abram Shulsky and Gary Schmitt have criticised a view of intelligence as social science which they attribute to Kent:
Shulsky and Schmitt's interpretation of Kent's views has been strongly criticised by David Habakkuk.[3][4]
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References
- ↑ Harold P. Ford, A Tribute to Sherman Kent, CIA, accessed 1 August 2009.
- ↑ Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt, Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence, Brassey's, 2002,p.174.
- ↑ David Habakkuk, sspaper.pdf, Sic Semper Tyrannis, 11 November 2005.
- ↑ David Habakkuk, Habakkuk on the neocons' use of intelligence, Sic Semper Tyrannis, 14 December 2007.
