Sara C
@essbeecastro
Followers
604
Following
952
Media
4
Statuses
118
Author and historian on U.S.-China relations, intelligence history, global security. Personal account. All views my own, reposts don't mean agreement.
Colorado Springs, CO
Joined May 2013
Please share widely. This is a superb chance for students to contribute to the Intel Studies field. I can personally vouch for the difference the award made in launching my own academic career.
More info at: https://t.co/nRygIRG4Oo Submission deadline: June 30, 2025 @StraussCenter @ClementsCenter
1
15
21
Looking forward to seeing this volume in print soon! It was a privilege and pleasure to work with the contributors.
We are happy to announce that our first SWWRGNA volume, based on 3 research workshops, will be out in September w/ @FordhamPress. Edited by our co-director Jadwiga Biskupska & @essbeecastro, & w/ a preface by Robert M. Citino, it can be pre-ordered here: https://t.co/1XSQj9HXOi
0
2
10
Please see this call for papers for our latest addition to the journal, “New Voices in Intelligence”:
1
28
57
While you're at #SIH2025 at the @IntlSpyMuseum, be sure to stop by the 7th Floor to see @StephenMarrin with #IntelligenceAndNationalSecurity and the team from @Georgetown_UP .
2
2
34
Check out our end of year list for the best nonfiction books about China of 2024! Read the full list: https://t.co/fhLtZJcxvO
11
69
212
Out now: the audiobook version of Mission to Mao. Many thanks to @ericjasonmartin for excellent narration. Find this title wherever you get your audiobooks or go to https://t.co/2WZFh1DDMU.
3
6
16
Today is National Author’s Day! A huge shoutout to all my friends whose books are out or will be presently introduced to the world—great job! @Cgzinsou @HayleyHasik @CivicsPod @dr_tgpeterson @essbeecastro @TheSpyTheState @SMH_Historians @aupresses @kansasjoyce
2
8
20
Thanks to @PhelimKine and @politico China Watcher for featuring Mission to Mao. I'm honored to have the book highlighted.
Today's @politico China Watcher: China faces blowback for those Taiwan military "drills" Taiwan former Prez @iingwen on the move! Sen. @MarshaBlackburn Breaking China! The lasting legacy of the U.S. "Dixie Mission" at CCP headquarters in 1944! Subscribe!
0
1
1
Please consider submitting to this important special issue on gender in the security in the Indo-Pacific. The journal editors are happy to answer questions you may have. Full details are below 👇
Call for Papers: The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is looking for new research on gender in the security sectors in the Indo-Pacific. Special Issue guest editors are Dina Afrianty and Nuri W Veronika. https://t.co/Z2PP9iz7Tf
@SSC_MQ
0
5
2
Excited to see Alex Palmer's interview with me in @thewirechina . Thanks to Alex, Wire editors, and the illustrator who did the cool portrait.
thewirechina.com
The academic and former intelligence analyst, Sara Castro, discusses the wartime Dixie Mission to Mao’s stronghold and its resonances today.
0
1
5
So honored to have a chapter about my research on early Cold War reconnaissance over China published in this new volume. Kudos to @matthefler and all the other contributors.
A huge thanks to contributors @GillHistory @77_msg John Ferris @calder_walton @essbeecastro @StevenWagner85 @SuzanneRaine2 Philip Davies @dRichterova @tonyingesson @warmatters Those in the 🇬🇧 can pre-order on Amazon for the unbelievably accessible £20
0
3
4
Pre-registration is still open for our 18 October panel on @essbeecastro's excellent book, Mission to Mao (@Georgetown_UP). Sign yourself up here: https://t.co/yfPB6iuJ6n
0
2
4
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve officially joined the board of the Society for Intelligence History. Thanks to @essbeecastro and the rest of the leadership team for the invitation!
9
4
83
Spying in South Asia releases today. It takes a village to produce a book & for those who helped to get this one over the line, thank you. You know who you are &, if you’ve forgotten, check out the acknowledgements! Treat yourself to a copy from CUP at: https://t.co/Reg9679sBY
12
96
334
Mission to Mao, my new book, is officially out today. Thanks to all of you here who helped support this big project. Details from the press: https://t.co/TU4BhDDAIV
13
109
380
I'mexcited to be running the 3rd year of our PhD writing group with @SuzBFreeman. Get in touch for more information!
1
7
19
HUGE! "In all of recorded history, no country has ever been as old as these nations are expected to get." 2050—"#China is projected to have 200MM fewer residents of working age, a decrease higher than the entire #population of most countries." #MustRead: https://t.co/rFzww7tggm
4
12
38
The 2023 @SocIntelHist conference was absolutely fantastic. It is both an honor and pleasure to be part of such a vibrant community of intelligence historians. I can't wait to see everyone at the next conference!
0
5
23
Excellent and important upcoming symposium on the meaning of the term "intelligence"--now and in the future. @ODNIgov @DHSgov
https://t.co/th2ZNir2SU
0
8
15
Don't forget! Join us for @BeverlyGage discussing her 2023 Pulitzer award-winning work, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century Tues, May 23rd at 12:00pm ET on Zoom. Free for #NASIH members, $5 for others. https://t.co/Apw3pPVUjr
0
2
9