Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective
The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2011
228 pages
978-0-8108-7542-5 (ISBN)
Description
Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective: The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs explores whether the U.S. intelligence enterprise will be able to remain effective in today's security environment. Based on the demands currently being placed upon the intelligence community, the analysis concludes that the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence will decline unless it embarks upon an aggressive, transformational course of action to reform various aspects of its operations.
In keeping with the emerging literature on this subject, the book asserts that a so-called Revolution in Intelligence Affairs is needed. The need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs implies that no amount of evolutionary adjustments to existing intelligence community practices will keep U.S. intelligence effective. While evolutionary reforms might be necessary, they will not be sufficient to permit the intelligence community to target successfully the various threats and emerging issues that populate today's and tomorrow's security environment.
In keeping with the emerging literature on this subject, the book asserts that a so-called Revolution in Intelligence Affairs is needed. The need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs implies that no amount of evolutionary adjustments to existing intelligence community practices will keep U.S. intelligence effective. While evolutionary reforms might be necessary, they will not be sufficient to permit the intelligence community to target successfully the various threats and emerging issues that populate today's and tomorrow's security environment.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham
United States
ISBN-13
978-0-8108-7542-5 (9780810875425)
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William J. Lahneman
Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective
The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
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03/2011
Scarecrow Press
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William J. Lahneman is assistant professor of Political Science at Towson University. He also is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Foreword
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Challenge Facing the U.S. Intelligence Community
- Chapter 2. The Critical Importance of Intelligence in Today's Security Environment
- Chapter 3. The Concept of a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
- Chapter 4. Is a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs Needed?
- Chapter 5. A New Intelligence Paradigm
- Chapter 6. A Transformed U.S. Intelligence Enterprise
- Chapter 7. Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective in the Twenty-First Century
- Appendix: The U.S. Intelligence Enterprise
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
