Analyzing Intelligence Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations

Name: Analyzing Intelligence Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations
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ISBN: 9781589012011

ISBN-10: 1589012011

ISBN-13: 9781589012011

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce

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Drawing on the individual and collective experience of recognized intelligence experts and scholars in the field, Analyzing Intelligence provides the first comprehensive assessment of the state of intelligence analysis since 9/11. Its in-depth and balanced evaluation of more than fifty years of U.S. analysis includes a critique of why it has under-performed at times. It provides insights regarding the enduring obstacles as well as new challenges of analysis in the post-9/11 world, and suggests innovative ideas for improved analytical methods, training, and structured approaches. The book's six sections present a coherent plan for improving analysis. Early chapters examine how intelligence…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 4/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Intelligence Analysis - The Emergence of a Discipline




The Analytic Tradition



The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis




The Track Record: CIA Analysis from 1950 to 2000




Is Intelligence Analysis a Discipline?




The Policy-Analyst Relationship



Serving the National Policymaker




The Policymaker's Perspective: Transparency and Partnership




Intelligence Analysis: Between "Politicization" and Irrelevance




Enduring Challenges



The Art of Strategy and Intelligence




Foreign Denial and Deception: Analytical Imperatives




U.S. Military Intelligence Analysis: Old and New Challenges




Diagnosis and Prescription



Why Bad Things Happen to Good Analysts




Making Analysis More Reliable: Why Epistemology Matters to Intelligence




The Missing Link: The Analyst-Collector Relationship




Leading Analytic Change



Managing Analysis in the Information Age




Intelligence in Transition: Analysis after September 11 and Iraq




The New Analysis




New Frontiers of Analysis



Computer-Aided Analysis of Competing Hypotheses




Predictive Warning: Teams, Networks, and Scientific Method




Homeland Security Intelligence: Rationale, Requirements, and Current Status



Conclusion: The Age of Analysis



Glossary of Analysis Terms


Contributors


Index