18 books like Intelligence and intelligence analysis

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Intelligence Theory Mark Phythian · 2008 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Containing essays by some of the key theorists in the field from the US, UK and Canada, this volume assesses the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies. Shares: Service des renseignements, National Security, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence

Fixing the Spy Machine Arthur S. Hulnick · 1999 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate With the end of the Cold War and the dawning of a new century, the U.S. intelligence system faces new challenges and threats. The system has suffered from penetration by foreign agents, cutbacks in resources, serious errors in judgment, and what appears to be bad management; nonetheless, it remains one of the key elements of America's strategic defense. Hulnick suggests that things are not as bad… Shares: Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage, Intelligence service

East German foreign intelligence Kristie Macrakis · 2009 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "We have assembled an international group of scholars to examine East German foreign intelligence as a historical problem in the intelligence areas of: politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counter-intelligence. Themes and topics that run through the volume include the espionage wars; the relationship to the KGB; the successes and failures of the BND… Shares: Service des renseignements, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

Improving Intelligence Analysis Stephen Marrin · 2011 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr. Stephen Marrin argues that scholarship can play a valuable role in improving intelligence analysis. Improving intelligence analysis requires bridging the gap between scholarship and practice. Compared to the more established academic disciplines of political science and international relations, intelligence studies scholarship… Shares: Service des renseignements, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

Exploring intelligence archives R. Gerald Hughes · 2008 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This edited volume brings together many of the world’s leading scholars of intelligence with a number of former senior practitioners to facilitate a wide-ranging dialogue on the central challenges confronting students of intelligence. The book presents a series of documents, nearly all of which are published here for the first time, accompanied by both overview and commentary sections. The… Shares: Service des renseignements, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

Understanding The Intelligence Cycle Mark Phythian · 2013 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This book critically analyses the concept of the intelligence cycle, highlighting the nature and extent of its limitations and proposing alternative ways of conceptualising the intelligence process. The concept of the intelligence cycle has been central to the study of intelligence. As Intelligence Studies has established itself as a distinctive branch of Political Science, it has generated its… Shares: National Security, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist Roger Z. George · 2005 · 596p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare, views on the evolution of U.S. intelligence, and studies on the delicate balance between the… Shares: National Security, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

Knowing your friends Martin S. Alexander · 1998 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Little attention has been paid to the murky, ultra-business of gathering intelligence among and forming estimates about friendly powers, and friendly or allied military forces. How rarely have scholars troubled to discover when states entered into coalitions or alliances mainly and explicitly because their intelligence evaluation of the potential partner concluded that making the alliance was,… Shares: Service des renseignements, Political Freedom & Security, Intelligence, Espionage

US covert operations and Cold War strategy Sarah-Jane Corke · 2007 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War...In this volume, the author looks at three central questions: Why were these types of operations adopted? Why were they conducted in such as haphazard manner? And, why, once it became clear that they were not working, did the… Shares: National Security, Political Freedom & Security, Espionage, Intelligence service

Western intelligence and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1980-1990 David Arbel · 2003 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "When the worst terrorist atrocity in American history occurred on September 11, 2001, the intelligence agencies of the United States and most of the western world were taken by surprise. Ten years earlier, in 1991, those same organizations were surprised when the Soviet Empire collapsed. In both cases the intelligence establishment has invested enormous resources, compiled information, wrote… Shares: Service des renseignements, Political Freedom & Security, Espionage, Intelligence service

Russians Among Us Gordon Corera · 2019 · ★ 4.4 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate With intrigue that rivals the best le Carré novels, Russians Among Us tells the explosive story of Russian espionage efforts against the United States and the West—from the end of the Cold War to the present and the significant threat of hacking the 2020 electionSpies have long been a source of great fascination in the world of fiction, but sometimes the best true spy stories… Shares: Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

Terrorist-Criminal Nexus Jennifer L. Hesterman · 2013 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "We are currently faced with a new national security challenge that is both vexing and complex. The once clear lines between the international drug trade, terrorism, organized crime, domestic terror, and Mexican drug cartels are blurring as groups increasingly join forces to further individual interests and goals. The synergistic potential of the alliance between nonstate actors and terrorists is… Shares: National Security, Political Freedom & Security, Terrorism, Political science

Drone Threat Mike Maden · 2016 · ★ 4.3 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Troy Pearce and his team of drone experts are called to action when ISIS launches a series of attacks on U.S. soil.   On the eve of President Lane’s historic Asian Security Summit, a hobby-store quadcopter lands on the White House lawn carrying a package and an ominous threat: Fly the enclosed black flag of ISIS over the White House by noon today or suffer the consequences. The threat… Shares: Prévention, Prevention, Terrorism

Stealing Your Life Frank W. Abagnale · 2007 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.Consider these sobering facts: Six out of ten American companies and government agencies have already been hacked. An estimated 80… Shares: Prevention, True Crime

Missing Rose Rouse · 2009 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate It is every person's - particularly every parent's - worst nightmare. For a loved one to walk out through the front door and never to return is one of the most heartbreaking, terrifying and harrowing experiences someone can go through. Not to know the fate of a person close to you is simply agonising - did they choose to disappear? Were they involved in an accident or did something even worse… Shares: Political Freedom & Security, Political science, True Crime

Amerithrax Robert Graysmith · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The first book on the unsolved case that terrorized a nation in the aftermath of September 11th is now updated with new material, including photos and transcripts of original anthrax letters that were received by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Shares: Prevention, Terrorism, True Crime

Street crime Simon Hallsworth · 2005 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Street crime remains high on the public and political agenda, and is frequently the subject of media attention and concern. This book aims to provide a detailed and accessible account of the phenomenon, placing the subject in its historical, theoretical, and political context."--BOOK JACKET. Shares: Prévention, True Crime

The ghost Jefferson Morley · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story. From the agency's MKULTRA… Shares: Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

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