
Intelligence
From Secrets to Policy
Mark M. Lowenthal(Author)
CQ Press
5th Edition
Published on 6. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-1-60871-675-3 (ISBN)
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Description
Intelligence veteran Mark M. Lowenthal details how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. With straightforward and friendly prose, the book demystifies a complex process. The fifth edition highlights crucial developments and new challenges in the intelligence community, including:
- changes in the management of U.S. intelligence and the fourth DNI in five years;
- obama administration policies;
- developments in collection and analysis;
- the killing of bin Laden, Wikileaks, and updates on Russia, North Korea, China, and the Middle East;
- the ability to handle the shift from large-scale attacks to smaller, individual attempts;
- expanded coverage of foreign intelligence services and new coverage of intelligence in authoritarian regimes.
- changes in the management of U.S. intelligence and the fourth DNI in five years;
- obama administration policies;
- developments in collection and analysis;
- the killing of bin Laden, Wikileaks, and updates on Russia, North Korea, China, and the Middle East;
- the ability to handle the shift from large-scale attacks to smaller, individual attempts;
- expanded coverage of foreign intelligence services and new coverage of intelligence in authoritarian regimes.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
477 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60871-675-3 (9781608716753)
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Person
Mark M. Lowenthal has over forty-four years of experience in U.S. intelligence. He has served as the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production, Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council, staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, office director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), and Senior Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. He is now the President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy, an education and consulting firm. Dr. Lowenthal received his BA from Brooklyn College and his PhD in history from Harvard University. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University; the National Intelligence University; Sciences Po (Paris); and the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. He was an adjunct at Columbia University from 1993-2007.
Content
What Is "Intelligence"?
The Development of U.S. Intelligence
The U.S. Intelligence Community
The Intelligence Process-A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom?
Collection and the Collection Disciplines
Analysis
Counterintelligence
Covert Action
The Role of the Policy Maker
Oversight and Accountability
The Intelligence Agenda: Nation States
The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issue
Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence
Intelligence Reform
Foreign Intelligence Services
The Development of U.S. Intelligence
The U.S. Intelligence Community
The Intelligence Process-A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom?
Collection and the Collection Disciplines
Analysis
Counterintelligence
Covert Action
The Role of the Policy Maker
Oversight and Accountability
The Intelligence Agenda: Nation States
The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issue
Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence
Intelligence Reform
Foreign Intelligence Services