Intelligence analysis and assessment / edited by David A. Charters, A. Stuart Farson, Glenn P. Hastedt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charters, David A. (David Anderson), 1949-

Farson, Anthony Stuart, 1944-

Hastedt, Glenn P., 1950-

Series:

Cass series--studies in intelligence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Congresses.

Intelligence service.

Congresses and conventions.

Physical Description:

228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, Or. : F. Cass, 1996.

Summary:

Of the many functions carried out by intelligence agencies, analysis and assessment has received comparatively little scholarly attention. In October 1994 the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) and the Intelligence Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) attended to this deficit by holding a special international conference on the subject in Ottawa. This volume is the product of that conference. The essays may be divided into four self-contained sets. The first examines critically the assessment systems now in place in Britain, the USA, Germany and Australia. The second looks at the bureaucratic dynamics of analysis and assessment. The changing ground that intelligence is currently experiencing is the focus of the third section. Finally, the volume considers the impact of new technologies and modes of communication on intelligence gathering and analysis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0714647098

0714642495

OCLC:

35556689