Analyzing Intelligence
National Security Practitioners' Perspectives
2nd Edition
Published on 26. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-62616-025-5 (ISBN)
Description
Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioners point of view. The contributors-most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community-review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and techniques designed to deal with 21st century national security problems. This second edition updates this indispensable book with new chapters that highlight advances in applying more analytic rigor to analysis, along with expertise-building, training, and professional development. New chapters by practitioners broaden the original volume's discussion of the analyst-policymaker relationship by addressing analytic support to the military customer as well as by demonstrating how structured analysis can benefit military commanders on the battlefield.
Analyzing Intelligence is written for national security practitioners such as producers and users of intelligence, as well as for scholars and students seeking to understand the nature and role of intelligence analysis, its strengths and weaknesses, and steps that can improve it and lead it to a more recognizable profession. The most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on professional intelligence analysis as practiced in the US Government, Analyzing Intelligence is essential reading for practitioners and users of intelligence analysis, as well as for students and scholars in security studies and related fields.
Analyzing Intelligence is written for national security practitioners such as producers and users of intelligence, as well as for scholars and students seeking to understand the nature and role of intelligence analysis, its strengths and weaknesses, and steps that can improve it and lead it to a more recognizable profession. The most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on professional intelligence analysis as practiced in the US Government, Analyzing Intelligence is essential reading for practitioners and users of intelligence analysis, as well as for students and scholars in security studies and related fields.
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Essential for practitioners and users of intelligence analysis, as well as for students and scholars in security studies and related fields. The Intelligencer A 'must' for any collection interested in the latest security changes and practices Midwest Book ReviewMore details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
825 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62616-025-5 (9781626160255)
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Analyzing Intelligence
National Security Practitioners' Perspectives, Second Edition
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02/2014
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04/2008
Georgetown University Press
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Persons
Roger Z. George is professor of national security strategy at the National War College and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in the Security Studies Program. He was a career CIA intelligence analyst who served at the State and Defense departments and has been the national intelligence officer for Europe. He is coeditor of several volumes on intelligence and national security studies, most recently The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth. James B. Bruce is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. A retired career intelligence analyst, he served with CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and Directorate of Operations, and with the National Intelligence Council as deputy national intelligence officer for science and technology. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University, he has taught previously at the National War College, and as an adjunct at Columbia University and American University.
Content
Preface1. Intelligence Analysis: What Is It-and What Does It Take?James B. Bruce and Roger Z. GeorgePart I: The Analytic Tradition2. The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the US Intelligence CommunityJohn H. Hedley3. The Track Record of CIA AnalysisRichard J. Kerr and Michael Warner4. Is Intelligence Analysis a Discipline?Rebecca Fisher, Rob Johnston, and Peter Clement Part II: The Policymaker-Analyst Relationship 5. Serving the National PolicymakerJohn McLaughlin6. The Policymaker's Perspective: Transparency and PartnershipJames B. Steinberg 7. Serving the Senior Military Consumer: A National Agency PerspectiveJohn Kringen Part III: Diagnosis and Prescription 8. Why Bad Things Happen to Good AnalystsJack Davis9. Making Intelligence Analysis More Reliable: Why Epistemology Matters to IntelligenceJames B. Bruce10. The Missing Link: The Analyst-Collector RelationshipJames B. Bruce Part IV: Enduring Challenges11. The Art of Intelligence and StrategyRoger Z. George12. Foreign Deception and Denial: Analytic ImperativesJames B. Bruce and Michael Bennett13. Warning in an Age of UncertaintyRoger Z. George and James J. Wirtz Part V: Analysis for Twenty-First-Century Issues14. Structured Analytic Techniques: A New Approach to AnalysisRandolph H. Pherson and Richards J. Heuer Jr.15. New Analytic Techniques for Tactical Military IntelligenceVincent Stewart, Drew E. Cukor, Joseph Larson III, and Matthew Pottinger16. Domestic Intelligence AnalysisMaureen Baginski Part VI: Leading Analytic Change17. Building a Community of AnalystsThomas Fingar18. The Education and Training of Intelligence AnalystsMark M. Lowenthal19. Analytic Outreach: Pathway to Expertise Building and ProfessionalizationSusan H. Nelson20. Conclusion: Professionalizing Intelligence Analysis in the Twenty-First CenturyRoger Z. George and James B. Bruce GlossaryContributorsIndex