Handbook of intelligence studies / edited by Loch K. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Loch K., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellect--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Intellect.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

The Handbook of Intelligence Studies examines the central topics in the study of intelligence organizations and activities. The volume opens with a look at how scholars approach this particularly difficult field of study. It then defines and analyses the three major missions of intelligence: collection-and-analysis; covert action; and counterintelligence. Within each of these missions, some of the most prominent authors in the field dissect the so-called intelligence cycle to reveal the challenges of gathering and assessing information from around the world. Covert action, the most controversial intelligence activity, is explored in detail, with special attention given to the issue of military organizations moving into what was once primarily a civilian responsibility. The contributions also cover the problems associated with protecting secrets from foreign spies and terrorist organizations: the arcane but important mission of counterintelligence. The book pays close attention to the question of intelligence accountability, that is, how a nation can protect its citizens against the possible abuse of power by its own secret agencies - known as 'oversight' in the English-speaking world. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of the state of the field and will constitute an invaluable source of information to professionals working in intelligence and professors teaching intelligence courses, as well as to students and citizens who want to know more about the hidden side of government and their nation's secret foreign policies.

Contents:

Introduction / Loch K. Johnson

Sources and methods for the study of intelligence / Michael Warner

The American approach to intelligence studies / James J. Wirtz

The historiography of the FBI / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

Intelligence ethics : laying a foundation for the second oldest profession / Michael Andregg

The accountability of security and intelligence agencies / Ian Leigh

"Knowing the self, knowing the other" : the comparative analysis of security intelligence / Peter Gill

US patronage of German postwar intelligence / Wolfgang Krieger

The technical collection of intelligence / Jeffrey T. Richelson

Human source intelligence / Frederick P. Hitz

Open source intelligence / Robert David Steele

Adapting intelligence to changing issues / Paul R. Pillar

The challenges of economic intelligence / Minh A. Luong

Strategic warning : intelligence support in a world of uncertainty and surprise / Jack Davis

Achieving all-source fusion in the intelligence community / Richard L. Russell

Adding value to the intelligence product / Stephen Marrin

Analysis for strategic intelligence / John Hollister Hedley

Cold War intelligence defectors / Nigel West

Counterintelligence failures in the United States / Stan A. Taylor

Émigré intelligence reporting : sifting fact from fiction / Mark Stout

Linus Pauling : a case study in counterintelligence run amok / Kathryn S. Olmsted

The role of covert action / William J. Daugherty

The future of covert action / John Prados

Intelligence oversight in the UK : the case of Iraq / Mark Phythian

Intelligence accountability : challenges for parliaments and intelligence services / Hans Born and Thorsten Wetzling

Intelligence and the rise of judicial intervention / Fred F. Manget

A shock theory of Congressional accountability for intelligence / Loch K. Johnson

Appendices. A. The US intelligence community (IC), 2006

B. Leadership of the US intelligence community (IC), 1947-2006

C. The intelligence cycle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index.

ISBN:

0415770505

9780415770507

OCLC:

70219957