Summary
Melvin Allan "Mel" Goodman is a national security and intelligence expert. He has worked as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department, taught at the National War College and Johns Hopkins University, and is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.[1]
Career edit
Goodman's career in intelligence began in the U.S. Army where he worked as cryptographer.[2] He then worked as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency,[2] from 1966 to 1974. He transferred to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in 1974, where he spent the next two years working as a senior analyst. He returned to the Central Intelligence Agency in 1976, and served as the division chief and senior analyst at the Office of Soviet Affairs until leaving in 1986.
He also served as an intelligence adviser to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
He went on to teach at the National War College as a professor of international security, from 1986 through 2004.[2] He is currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.
Works edit
- The Wars of Edvard Shevardnadze. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1991. ISBN 978-0-275-93696-9.
- Carolyn McGiffert Ekedahl; Melvin Allan Goodman (1997). The wars of Ėduard Shevardnadze. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03906-0.
- The Phantom Defense, America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2001. ISBN 978-0-275-97183-0.
- Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives are Putting the World at Risk. Prometheus Books. 2004. ISBN 978-1-61614-000-7.
- Failure of Intelligence: the Decline and Fall of the CIA. Rowman & Littlefield. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7425-5110-7.
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- National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism. City Lights Books. 2013. ISBN 978-0-87286-589-1.[3]
- Whistleblower at the CIA. An Insiders Account of the Politics of Intelligence. City Lights Books. 2016. ISBN 9780872867307
References edit
- ^ "Melvin A. Goodman". Center for International Policy. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c Lepore, Jill (28 Jan 2013). "How much military is enough?". New Yorker. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Catherine Lutz (January 18, 2013). "'National Insecurity,' by Melvin Goodman".
Rather than casting the standard line—these are the ills of a nation that has not competed well in a global marketplace—Goodman attaches this decline in the American quality of life to a metastasizing military budget allowed by our erroneous belief in the ability of force to make the world a better place.
External links edit
- Melvin Goodman. "Restore Reliability and Accountability". The New York Times.
- Daniel Schulman (December 4, 2006). "CIA Veteran: How Robert Gates Cooked the Intelligence". Mother Jones.
- "Profile: Melvin A. Goodman". History Commons. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- "Shows featuring Melvin Goodman". Democracy Now. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- "Mel Goodman interviewed on MSNBC's "The Cycle"". MSNBC. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- "The Force: How Much Military is Enough?". The New Yorker. 20 January 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- "9 Ways to Reduce Defense Spending". Huffington Post. 5 March 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- Appearances on C-SPAN