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Analyzing intelligence : origins, obstacles, and innovations / Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce, editors ; in cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

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Book
Contributor:
George, Roger Z., 1949-
Bruce, James B.
Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Intelligence service--United States--Methodology.
Intelligence service.
Military intelligence--United States.
Military intelligence.
National security--United States.
National security.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 p.)
Place of Publication:
Washington D.C. : Georgetown University, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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
Contents:
Introduction: The Emergence of a Discipline / James B. Bruce and Roger Z. George
The analytic tradition
The evolution of intelligence analysis / John H. Hedley
The track record: CIA analysis from 1950-2000 / Richard J. policy-analysis relationship
Serving the national policymaker / John McLaughlin
A policymaker's perspective: transparency and partnership / James B. Steinberg
Intelligence analysis: between "politicization" and irrelevance / Gregory F. Treverton
Enduring challenges
The art of strategy and analysis / Roger Z. George
Foreign denial and deception: analytical perspectives / James B. Bruce and Michael Bennett
U.S. military intelligence analysis: old and new challenges / David Thomas
Diagnosis and prescription
Why bad things happen to good analysts / Jack Davis
Making analysis more reliable: why epistemology matters to intelligence / James B. Bruce
The missing link: the analyst-collector relationship / James B. Bruce
Leading analytic change managing analysis in the information age / John C. Gannon
Intelligence in transition: analysis after 9/11 and Iraq / Mark M. Lowenthal
The new analysis / Carmen A. Medina
New frontiers of analysis
Computer-aided analysis of competing hypotheses / Richards J. Heuer Jr.
Predictive warning: teams, networks, and scientific method / Timothy J. Smith
Homeland Security intelligence: rationale, requirements, and current status / Bruce Berkowitz
Conclusion: the age of analysis / Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce
Glossary of analytic terms
Contributors
Index.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-58901-239-9
1-4356-4869-2
OCLC:
646788666

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