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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Writing with Intelligence | |
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| Reading Intelligence Publications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Read to Write | |
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| Who Needs It-and Why? | |
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| The Forms: Basic, Current, and Estimative | |
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| Content: Looking at the Format | |
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| Evaluating Finished Intelligence | |
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| Other Considerations | |
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| Reading for the Sake of Writing | |
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| Exercises in Reading Intelligence | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 1 | |
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| Basic Tools of Writing with Intelligence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Why Write? | |
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| Clarity | |
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| Conciseness | |
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| Correctness | |
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| Other Considerations of Correctness: Modifiers and Punctuation | |
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| Exercises in the Basic Tools of Intelligence Writing | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 2 | |
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| Other Important Considerations: Appropriateness, Completeness, and Coherence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Appropriateness | |
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| Completeness | |
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| Coherence | |
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| Using the Basic Tools | |
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| Some Final Thoughts about the Basics | |
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| Exercises in Appropriateness, Completeness, and Coherence | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 3 | |
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| Prewriting: Getting Ready to Write | |
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| Summary | |
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| Finding Your Subject | |
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| Focusing on Form and Format | |
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| Finding the Time and Space | |
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| Finding the Right Reference Materials | |
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| Some Prewriting Tools: Building a Foundation | |
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| Prewriting: Maps and Trees | |
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| Searching, Researching | |
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| Exercises in Prewriting | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 4 | |
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| Writing the First Draft | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting Started: Good Writing Habits | |
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| Reader Considerations: Some Basic Truths | |
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| Reading: A Basic Complement to Writing | |
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| The Style of Intelligence Writing: Bottom Line Up Front | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Organizing the First Draft | |
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| Writing That First Draft | |
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| The Bottom Line: Focus | |
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| Remaining Objective | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| Evaluating Arguments | |
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| Final Dressing: Titles and Headings | |
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| One Final Note | |
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| Exercises in Writing the First Draft | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 5 | |
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| Revision: Polishing Your Writing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Basic Revision Techniques | |
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| Ending on a Positive Note | |
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| Peer Review: A Means toward Revision | |
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| Review of Content | |
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| Thesis and Overview Statements | |
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| Paragraphing to Group Related Ideas and Details | |
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| Cohesive Devices | |
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| Transitions | |
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| What about Grammar-Checkers? | |
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| Readability Indexes | |
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| Commonly Asked Questions about Revision | |
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| For Examining Your Own Writing Process | |
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| Exercises in Revision | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 6 | |
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| Writing and Reviewing Analytical Papers | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Types of Intelligence Writing | |
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| What Is an Analytical Paper? | |
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| A Model Process for Reviewing an Analytical Paper | |
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| Constraints on Review | |
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| Styles of Review | |
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| Review Guidelines: 14 Points for Better Analytical Writing | |
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| A "Four Sweeps" Strategy for Reviewing Papers | |
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| Exercises in Writing and Reviewing Analytical Papers | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 7 | |
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| Supplemental Exercises | |
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| Writing a Thesis Statement | |
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| Writing a Paragraph | |
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| Writing a Summary | |
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| Getting the Bottom Line Up Front | |
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| Types of Intelligence Writing-Descriptive, Explanatory, and Estimative | |
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| Avoiding Passive Voice and Wordiness | |
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| Reviewing Writing-Your Own and Others' | |
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| Peer Review of Student Writing | |
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| Answers to the Exercises in Chapter 8 | |
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| Briefing with Intelligence | |
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| Why Brief? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting the Word Out | |
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| The Learning Process | |
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| Types of Briefings | |
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| "All of the Above" or "None of the Above"? | |
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| The ABCs of a Good Intelligence Briefing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Easy as ABC | |
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| The ABCs of a Good Intelligence Briefer | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Other Half: The Briefer | |
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| Summing Up, from A to C | |
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| Getting Organized to Brief | |
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| Summary | |
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| Finding Your Subject and the Time | |
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| Plan Ahead | |
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| Writing the Briefing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing the Briefing Script | |
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| Free Sample Briefing Introduction | |
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| Putting the Words and Pictures Together | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Fine-Tuning Your Briefing: Voice, Notes, and Visuals | |
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| Summary | |
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| Use of Voice | |
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| Use of Notes | |
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| Use of Visual Aids | |
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| The Best Tip of All | |
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| Doing It! | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting Up to Brief | |
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| Rehearse First | |
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| The Big Day at Last | |
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| A Usage Glossary for Intelligence Writers | |
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| Intelligence Briefing Checklist | |
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| A "Free Sample" Briefing Introduction | |
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| A Sample Briefing Conclusion | |
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| Briefing Evaluation Form | |
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| Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Dictionaries and Thesauruses | |
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| Books on Writing Style, Grammar, Composition, and Research | |
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| Briefing-Related Sources | |
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| Other Sources Used or Consulted for This Book | |
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| Index | |
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| Writing with Intelligence | |
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| Briefing with Intelligence | |
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| About the Author | |