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Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence

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ISBN-10: 0199929475

ISBN-13: 9780199929474

Edition: 2012

Authors: Loch K. Johnson

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The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence is a state-of-the-art work on intelligence and national security. Edited by Loch Johnson, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, the handbook examines the topic in full, beginning with an examination of the major theories ofintelligence. It then shifts its focus to how intelligence agencies operate, how they collect information from around the world, the problems that come with transforming "raw" information into credible analysis, and the difficulties in disseminating intelligence to policymakers. It also considersthe balance between secrecy and public accountability, and the ethical dilemmas that covert and…    
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List price: $79.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 912
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.76" long x 1.52" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

About the Contributors
Introduction
National Security Intelligence
National Security and Public Anxiety: Our Changing Perceptions
Theory and Method
Theories of Intelligence
The Sources and Methods of Intelligence Studies
Getting Intelligence History Right: Reflections and Recommendations from the Inside
Assessing Intelligence Performance
The Evolution of Moden Intelligence
The Rise of the U.S. Intelligence System, 1917-1977
The Rise and Fall of the CIA
British Strategic Intelligence and the Cold War
Signals Intelligence in War and Power Politics, 1914-2010
The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Intelligence and Law Enforcement
The Evolution of International Collaboration in the Global Intelligence Era
Intelligence Collection and Processing
The Dilemma of Open Sources Intelligence: Is OSINT Really Intelligence?
The Troubled Inheritance: The National Security Agency and the Obama Administration
Human Source Intelligence
United Nations Peacekeeping Intelligence
Privatized Spying: The Emerging Intelligence Industry
Guarding the Border: Intelligence and Law Enforcement in Canada's Immigration System
Extraordinary Rendition
Intelligence Analysis and Production
Addressing "Complexities" in Homeland Security
The Intelligence Analysis Crisis
Competitive Analysis: Techniques for Better Gauging Enemy Political Intentions and Military Capabilities
Decision Advantage and the Nature of Intelligence Analysis
Intelligence Analysis in an Uncertain Environment
The Dilemma of Defense Intelligence
Intelligence Dissemination
The Policymaker-Intelligence Relationship
On Uncertainty and the Limits of Intelligence
The Perils of Politicization
Leadership in an Intelligence Organization: The Directors of Central Intelligence and the ClA
Counterintelligence
The Future of FBI Counterintelligence through the Lens of the Past Hundred Years
Treason: '"Tis Worse than Murder"
The Challenges of Counterintelligence
Catching an Atom Spy: MI5 and the Investigation of Klaus Fuchs
Covert Action
Covert Action, Pentagon Style
Covert Action: United States Law in Substance, Process, and Practice
Covert Action: Strengths and Weaknesses
Intelligence Accountability
The Role of Defense in Shaping U.S. Intelligence Reform
Intelligence and the Law in the United Kingdom
Rethinking the State Secrets Privilege
Accounting for the Future or the Past?: Developing Accountability and Oversight Systems to Meet Future Intelligence Needs
"A Very British Institution": The Intelligence and Security Committee and Intelligence Accountability in the United Kingdom
The Politics of Intelligence Accountability
Ethics and Professional Intelligence
Intelligence in Other Lands
Intelligence in the Developing Democracies: The Quest for Transparency and Effectiveness
The Intelligence Services of Russia
The German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND): Evolution and Current Policy Issues
Israeli Intelligence: Organization, Failures, and Successes
Intelligence and National Security: The Australian Experience
Glossary
Index