Fixing the Spy Machine : Preparing American Intelligence for the Twenty-First Century

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulnick, Arthur S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governmental investigations--United States.

Intelligence service.

Intelligence service--United States.

Spy.

Local Subjects:

Governmental investigations--United States.

Intelligence service.

Intelligence service--United States.

Spy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 1999.

Summary:

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 as they seem, that America's intelligence system is reasonably well prepared to deal with the many threats to national security. He examines the various functions of intelligence from intelligence gat

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Is the Spy Machine Broken?; 2 Stealing the Secrets; 3 Puzzles and Mysteries; 4 Secret Operations; 5 Catching the Enemy's Spies; 6 Stopping the Bad Guys; 7 Managing and Controlling Secret Intelligence; 8 Spying for Profit; 9 Secret Intelligence and the Public; 10 Fixing the Spy Machine; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786612573262

9781282573260

1282573268

9780313390302

0313390304

OCLC:

191935976