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Intelligence and the State ... is a valuable primer for intelligence practitioners and their state instrumentality customers. --Australian Naval Institute House provides a fully informed account of the problems faced by intelligence professionals and their consumers in a democratic society. If they wish to better serve the public during these challenging times, the practitioners of intelligence gathering, analysts at all levels, and our political leaders should read and discuss this engaging study. --Matthew Brazil, senior fellow, The Jamestown Foundation and co-author of Chinese Communist Espionage, An Intelligence Primer An excellent overview of intelligence history and a perceptive analysis of the age-old intelligence officer dilemma: how to get the decision-maker to accept intelligence which is not in sync with his perceptions or plans. --Rear Adm. Tom Brooks, author, career intelligence officer, former director of Naval Intelligence Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them. --H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty With years of experience in the intelligence community to draw upon, House provides a valuable overview of the complex processes and challenging organizational dynamics involved in this vital endeavor. --Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939 Intelligence and the State would be a welcome addition to any course on intelligence at an undergraduate or graduate level, as it provides both historical depth and contemporary relevance in a compact format. It will also hopefully be read by policy makers and intelligence professionals seeking to avoid some of the errors of their predecessors. -- The Strategy Bridge

An excellent overview of intelligence history and a perceptive analysis of the age-old intelligence officer dilemma: how to get the decision-maker to accept intelligence which is not in sync with his perceptions or plans. --Rear Adm. Tom Brooks, author, career intelligence officer, former director of Naval Intelligence Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them. --H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty With years of experience in the intelligence community to draw upon, House provides a valuable overview of the complex processes and challenging organizational dynamics involved in this vital endeavor. --Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

Intelligence and the State ... is a valuable primer for intelligence practitioners and their state instrumentality customers. --Australian Naval Institute House provides a fully informed account of the problems faced by intelligence professionals and their consumers in a democratic society. If they wish to better serve the public during these challenging times, the practitioners of intelligence gathering, analysts at all levels, and our political leaders should read and discuss this engaging study. --Matthew Brazil, senior fellow, The Jamestown Foundation and co-author of Chinese Communist Espionage, An Intelligence Primer An excellent overview of intelligence history and a perceptive analysis of the age-old intelligence officer dilemma: how to get the decision-maker to accept intelligence which is not in sync with his perceptions or plans. --Rear Adm. Tom Brooks, author, career intelligence officer, former director of Naval Intelligence Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them. --H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty With years of experience in the intelligence community to draw upon, House provides a valuable overview of the complex processes and challenging organizational dynamics involved in this vital endeavor. --Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

An excellent overview of intelligence history and a perceptive analysis of the age-old intelligence officer dilemma: how to get the decision-maker to accept intelligence which is not in sync with his perceptions or plans. --Rear Adm. Tom Brooks, author, career intelligence officer, former director of Naval Intelligence House provides a fully informed account of the problems faced by intelligence professionals and their consumers in a democratic society. If they wish to better serve the public during these challenging times, the practitioners of intelligence gathering, analysts at all levels, and our political leaders should read and discuss this engaging study. --Matthew Brazil, senior fellow, The Jamestown Foundation and co-author of Chinese Communist Espionage, An Intelligence Primer Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them. --H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty With years of experience in the intelligence community to draw upon, House provides a valuable overview of the complex processes and challenging organizational dynamics involved in this vital endeavor. --Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

House provides a fully informed account of the problems faced by intelligence professionals and their consumers in a democratic society. If they wish to better serve the public during these challenging times, the practitioners of intelligence gathering, analysts at all levels, and our political leaders should read and discuss this engaging study. --Matthew Brazil, senior fellow, The Jamestown Foundation and co-author of Chinese Communist Espionage, An Intelligence Primer An excellent overview of intelligence history and a perceptive analysis of the age-old intelligence officer dilemma: how to get the decision-maker to accept intelligence which is not in sync with his perceptions or plans. --Rear Adm. Tom Brooks, author, career intelligence officer, former director of Naval Intelligence Jonathan House sheds new light and understanding on an important, but little understood subject. Threats to national security are expanding and so are demands on the intelligence community. Intelligence and the State explains the essential elements of effective warning and decision at the nexus of senior intelligence professionals and government policymakers. It is a must-read for intelligence professionals and those who depend on or oversee them. --H.R. McMaster, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty With years of experience in the intelligence community to draw upon, House provides a valuable overview of the complex processes and challenging organizational dynamics involved in this vital endeavor. --Trent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 and co-author of Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939

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Jonathan M. House is a retired Army intelligence officer and military historian. He received his doctorate and his commission at the University of Michigan. House served as an intelligence analyst on the Joint Staff during both the 1991 and 2003 conflicts and is the author or co-author of numerous military histories, most notably When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler and A Military History of the Cold War (2 vols.).

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