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ABSTRACT In 1951, OSS veteran Aldo Icardi was accused by the U.S. Department of Defense of killing his commanding officer, William V. Holohan, while on a mission in Italy in 1944; his motive was allegedly to aid communist partisans there. The incident became a scandal in the United States, where in the context of the Red Scare the importance of Holohan’s death grew far out of proportion to reality. The incident serves as a case study of the damage wrought by the politicization of intelligence; additionally, it illustrates how popular narrative tropes of spy memoirs were enlisted by the different sides to press their version of the case. The reaction of leading American intelligence figures to the scandal is revealing of the kinds of tropes preferred and promoted by advocates of a strong, active intelligence organization.
1951年，美国国防部指控OSS老兵Aldo Icardi于1944年在意大利执行任务时杀害了他的指挥官William V. Holohan;据称他的动机是帮助那里的共产主义游击队员。这一事件成为美国的丑闻，在红色恐慌的背景下，霍洛汉之死的重要性远远超出了现实。这一事件是研究情报政治化所造成损害的一个案例;此外，它还说明了不同方面是如何利用间谍回忆录中流行的叙事手法来推动他们对案件的看法的。美国主要情报官员对这一丑闻的反应，揭示了主张建立一个强大、活跃的情报机构的人所偏爱和推崇的那种比喻。
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The Journal of Intelligence History is the official publication of the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA). It is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a forum for original research on the history of intelligence services, activities and their wider historical, political and social contexts. The journal aims to publish scholarship on all aspects of the history of intelligence, across all continents, countries and periods of history. We encourage submissions across a wide range of topics, methodologies and approaches.
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