You are here
Primary tabs
Profile
Prof. John Ferris
Affiliation
University of CalgaryAcademy or College
Academy of the Arts and HumanitiesYear Elected
2017Areas of Interest
Military history, signals intelligence; strategic policy; diplomacy
FERRIS, John R - Department of History, University of Calgary
John Ferris is an internationally respected scholar of international and strategic history, and a pioneer and leader in intelligence history. Overcoming attempts by states to conceal the evidence, he demonstrated how communications intelligence worked, and shaped war and power politics, over the past two centuries. Because of his combination of thorough empirical work, and rigourous and precise study of the interactions between intelligence, perception, politics, policy and action, he has been made the Authorised Historian of the British communications intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters.
Second sentence translated:
Surmontant des obstacles posés par les gouvernements qui veulent cacher les témoignages, il a démontré comment marcher les renseignements des communications, et comment ils ont influencé la guerre et la diplomatie pendant les deux dernièrs siècles.