ization , ▁ON E ▁prepared ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁spec ulative ▁National ▁Int elligence ▁Est im ates ▁for ▁the ▁President ▁and ▁top ▁foreign ▁policy - m akers . ▁ ▁Kent ▁led ▁ON E ▁through ▁years ▁of ▁challenge ▁and ▁crisis , ▁including ▁Mc Car thy - era ▁accus ations ▁against ▁one ▁of ▁Kent ' s ▁young ▁a ides , ▁future ▁president ial ▁ad visor ▁William ▁Bund y , ▁and ▁" predict ive ▁fail ures " ▁during ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Miss ile ▁Cris is ▁and ▁other ▁Cold ▁War ▁" f laps ". ▁ ▁Kent ' s ▁unique ▁and ▁end uring ▁role ▁within ▁the ▁US ▁intelligence ▁community ▁was ▁to ▁formal ize ▁analyt ical ▁" tra dec raft " ▁and ▁method ologies , ▁while ▁encourag ing ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁" liter ature ▁of ▁intelligence " ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁formal ▁mechanism ▁for ▁the ▁transfer ▁of ▁knowledge ▁and ▁experiences ▁between ▁gener ations ▁of ▁anal yst s . ▁ ▁Death ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Sh erman ▁Kent ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁C IA ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁C IA ▁established ▁a ▁school ▁in ▁Kent ' s ▁name ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁professional ism ▁in ▁the ▁art ▁and ▁science ▁of ▁intelligence ▁analysis . ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Elect oral ▁Pro cedure ▁Under ▁Louis ▁Philippe ▁( Y ale ▁University ▁Press , ▁ 1 9 3 7 ) ▁ ▁Writing ▁History ▁( N Y , ▁ 1 9 4