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AFSA to NSA: How the Secret Agency Was Built

AFSA to NSA is the story of how the United States tried to centralize cryptology after World War II, discovered that partial unification was not enough, and then built a new national agency under Cold War pressure. This entry traces the structural failures of AFSA, the role of the Brownell Committee, and the birth of NSA as a stronger and more centralized intelligence institution.