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PublisherCQ Press

ISBN-101544325061

ISBN-139781544325064

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038430431

Product Key Features

Number of Pages616 Pages

Publication NameIntelligence : from Secrets to Policy

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectIntelligence & Espionage

TypeTextbook

AuthorMark M. Lowenthal

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight35.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number8

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2019-027254

ReviewsLowenthal's Intelligence: From Secrets to Policyis a comprehensive, authoritative, and well-written text suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a useful guide for practitioners., Lowenthal's Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy is a comprehensive, authoritative, and well-written text suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a useful guide for practitioners., Lowenthal provides a well-written, comprehensive overview of the intelligence community and the unique business of intelligence work., [The text is] one of the most useful, one-volume, introductory works on intelligence today. [Intelligence] does an excellent job of working through the intricacies of U.S. intelligence., [Intelligence] is an excellent introduction to the U.S. intelligence community that offers compelling insights from a seasoned insider.

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal327.1273

Table Of ContentTables, Figures, and BoxesPrefaceAcronymsCHAPTER 1 * What Is "Intelligence"?Why Have Intelligence Agencies?What Is Intelligence About?Key TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 2 * The Development of U.S. IntelligenceMajor ThemesMajor Historical DevelopmentsKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 3 * The U.S. Intelligence CommunityAlternative Ways of Looking at the Intelligence CommunityThe Many Different Intelligence CommunitiesIntelligence Community Relationships That MatterThe Intelligence Budget ProcessKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 4 * The Intelligence Process--A Macro Look: Who Does What for Whom?RequirementsCollectionProcessing and ExploitationAnalysis and ProductionDissemination and ConsumptionFeedbackThinking About the Intelligence ProcessKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 5 * Collection and the Collection DisciplinesOverarching ThemesStrengths and WeaknessesConclusionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 6 * AnalysisMajor ThemesAnalytical IssuesIntelligence Analysis: An AssessmentKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 7 * CounterintelligenceInternal SafeguardsExternal Indicators and CounterespionageProblems in CounterintelligenceLeaksEconomic EspionageNational Security LettersConclusionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 8 * Covert ActionThe Decision-Making ProcessThe Range of Covert ActionsIssues in Covert ActionAssessing Covert ActionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 9 * The Role of the Policy MakerThe U.S. National Security Policy ProcessWho Wants What?The Intelligence Process: Policy and IntelligenceKey TermFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 10 * Oversight and AccountabilityExecutive Oversight IssuesCongressional OversightIssues in Congressional OversightInternal Dynamics of Congressional OversightThe CourtsConclusionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 11 * The Intelligence Agenda: Nation-StatesThe Primacy of the Soviet IssueThe Emphasis on Soviet Military CapabilitiesThe Emphasis on Statistical IntelligenceThe "Comfort" of a Bilateral RelationshipCollapse of the Soviet UnionIntelligence and the Soviet ProblemThe Current Nation-State IssueKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 12 * The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational IssuesU.S. National Security Policy and Intelligence After the Cold WarIntelligence and the New PrioritiesCyberspaceTerrorismProliferationNarcoticsEconomicsDemographicsHealth and the EnvironmentPeacekeeping OperationsSupport to the MilitaryConclusionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 13 * Ethical and Moral Issues in IntelligenceGeneral Moral QuestionsIssues Related to Collection and Covert ActionAnalysis-Related IssuesOversight-Related IssuesWhistle-BlowersThe MediaConclusionFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 14 * Intelligence ReformThe Purpose of ReformIssues in Intelligence ReformConclusionKey TermsFurther ReadingsCHAPTER 15 * Foreign Intelligence ServicesBritainChinaFranceIsraelRussiaOther ServicesOther Services in BriefConclusionFurther ReadingsAppendix 1. Additional Bibliographic Citations and WebsitesAppendix 2. Major Intelligence Reviews or ProposalsAuthor IndexSubject Index

SynopsisWinner of the 2020 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)"[The text is] one of the most useful, one-volume, introductory works on intelligence today. [Intelligence] does an excellent job of working through the intricacies of U.S. intelligence." --Richard J. Norton, United States Naval War CollegeMark M. Lowenthal's trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the fully updated Eighth Editionof Intelligence, the author addresses cyber security and cyber intelligence throughout, expands the coverage of collection, comprehensively updates the chapters on nation-state issues and transnational issues, and looks at foreign intelligence services, both large and small., Mark M. Lowenthal's trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions., Mark M. Lowenthal's trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the fully updated Eighth Edition of Intelligence, the author addresses cyber security and cyber intelligence throughout, expands the coverage of collection, comprehensively updates the chapters on nation-state issues and transnational issues, and looks at foreign intelligence services, both large and small.

LC Classification NumberJK468.I6L644 2020