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Intelligence tradecraft primer and media exposure / Randall E. Puig, editor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Puig, Randall E.
Series:
Intelligence and counterintelligence studies series.
Intelligence and counterintelligence studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Intelligence service--United States.
Intelligence service.
Intelligence service--Methodology.
Mass media and publicity.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (105 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This text highlights structured analytic techniques - some widely used in the private sector and academia, some unique to the intelligence profession. Using the analytic techniques contained in this primer will assist analysts in dealing with the perennial problems of intelligence.
Contents:
Intro
INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT PRIMER AND MEDIA EXPOSURE
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter 1 A TRADECRAFT PRIMER: STRUCTURED ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
The "Mind-Set" Challenge
HOW TO USE THESE TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
Key Assumptions Check
When to use
Value added
The method
Questions to ask during this process include
Quality of Information Check
Indicators or Signposts of Change
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH)
CONTRARIAN TECHNIQUES
Devil's Advocacy
Team A/Team B
High-Impact/Low-Probability Analysis
"What if?" Analysis
IMAGINATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES
Brainstorming
Divergent Thinking Phase
Convergent Thinking Phase
Outside-In Thinking
Red Team Analysis
Alternative Futures Analysis
Hypothetical Threats to the Homeland: Using Spectrums to Define Potential Targets
STRATEGIES FOR USING STRUCTURED ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES
Starting out
Hypothesis testing
A final check
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
End Notes
Chapter 2 INTELLIGENCE IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA: VIEWS OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
INTELLIGENCE IN FICTIONAL LITERATURE
Stephen Maturin: The Ideal Intelligence Officer for Our Times (Nicholas Dujmovic)*
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Barry Royden)*.
Crescent Moon Rising (Noah Rozman)*
Stormbreaker: James Bond for a New Generation (Valerie P.)*
Rogue's March (James M. Burridge)*
INTELLIGENCE IN BOOK AND FILM
The Hunt for Red October: The Techno-espionage Prototype? (Bill Hadley)*
The Kite Runner (Eizabeth Darcy)*
INTELLIGENCE IN FILM AND TELEVISION
One Day in September and Munich: Enduring Questions, Indelible Images (Dr. Daniel Tsao, M.D.)*
The Siege (Eric Heller)*
9/11 Documentary (Dennis C. Wilder)*
Hamburg Cell (Senior New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Case Officer)
Baghdad ER-The 86th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq, a Documentary (Dr. John Elliott, MD)*
Body of Lies (V. L. Vorbeck)*
The Recruit (John Anderson, Clifford L., Lucy B.)*
The Bourne Identity (J. M. Webb)*
Burn Notice (Lisa M. Forrester)*
Taken (Shirley A. Healer)*
CHAPTER SOURCES
INDEX
Blank Page.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/13/2020).
ISBN:
1-61470-102-4
OCLC:
756496470

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