Intelligence power in peace and war / Michael Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Michael, 1929- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service.

Intelligence service--Great Britain.

Intelligence service--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 414 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Intelligence Power in Peace & War

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples, this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the 'intelligence community' and assessing its value. The author, a former senior British intelligence officer, describes intelligence activities, the purposes which the system serves, and the causes and effects of its secrecy. He considers 'intelligence failure' and how organisation and management can improve the chances of success. Using parallels with the information society and the current search for efficiency in public administration as a whole, the book explores the issues involved in deciding how much intelligence is needed and discusses the kinds of management necessary. In his conclusions Michael Herman discusses intelligence's national value in the post-Cold War world. He also argues that it has important contributions to make to international security, but that its threat-inducing activities should be kept in check.

Contents:

1. Antecedents

2. Organizations

3. Resources, stages and subjects

4. Collection sources

5. Collection characteristics

6. All-source analysis and assessment

7. Boundaries

8. Intelligence and national action

9. International action

10. Intelligence and security

11. Intelligence threats

12. Intelligence cooperation

13. Failure and remedies

14. Problems of defence intelligence

15. Top level assessment

16. The production process

17. Managing the community

18. The agency manager

19. National importance

20. International dimensions

21. Modern intelligence power.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88226-0

1-107-38522-9

0-511-96695-4

1-107-38384-6

1-107-39028-1

1-107-39869-X

0-511-52173-1