Overview

Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, Third Edition, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and yet highly accessible set of readings from leading experts in the field. Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition includes: * Twenty-four new articles examining a wide variety of important issues (satellite surveillance, 9/11, the search for WMDs in Iraq, homeland security, and counterterrorism) * A new epilogue analyzing the current state of intelligence * Updated introductions at the beginning of each piece that help to contextualize chapter content * Discussion questions at the end of each chapter that reinforce key concepts and encourage class participation * Comprehensive coverage of many hot topics including the history of intelligence, how the United States gathers and interprets global information, the meaning of security intelligence, methods of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, the danger of intelligence politicization, relationships between intelligence officers and the policymakers they serve, covert action, counterintelligence, accountability and civil liberties, the implications of major intelligence failures in 2001 and 2003, and intelligence as practiced in other nations The most engaging, current--and expertly edited--anthology available, Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in intelligence and homeland security.

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Author:   Loch K. Johnson ,  James J. Wirtz
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.046kg
ISBN:  

9780199733675

ISBN 10:   0199733678
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   20 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

* NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION; EACH PART OPENS WITH AN INTRODUCTION; ABOUT THIS BOOK; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PART I. INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INTRODUCTION; * 1. SOURCES AND METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE, MICHAEL WARNER; 2. THE EVOLUTION OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY--AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW, PHYLLIS PROVOST MCNEIL; * 3. INTELLIGENCE AND THE SECOND BUSH ADMINISTRATION, ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER; * 4. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CIA, RHODRI JEFFREYS-JONES; PART II. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION; * 5. THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE, ARTHUR S. HULNICK; * 6. THE TECHNICAL COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE, JEFFREY T. RICHELSON; * 7. HUMAN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, FREDERICK P. HITZ; * 8. OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, STEPHEN C. MERCADO; * 9. PEARL HARBOR AND 9/11, JAMES J. WIRTZ; PART III. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; 10. ANALYSIS, WAR, AND DECISION: WHY INTELLIGENCE FAILURES ARE INEVITABLE, RICHARD K. BETTS; 11. A POLICYMAKER'S PERSPECTIVE ON INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, ROBERT D. BLACKWILL AND JACK DAVIS; * 12. THE CHALLENGES OF INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, WILLIAM M. NOLTE; * 13. INTELLIGENCE AND THE WAR IN IRAQ, RICHARD A. BEST, JR; PART IV. THE DANGER OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION; * 14. THE INTELLIGENCE-POLICY NEXIS, JAMES J. WIRTZ; 15. PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE, GLENN HASTEDT; PART V. INTELLIGENCE AND THE POLICYMAKER; * 16. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS AND POLICYMAKERS, JACK DAVIS; 17. TRIBAL TONGUES: INTELLIGENCE CONSUMERS, INTELLIGENCE PRODUCERS, MARK M. LOWENTHAL; 18. THE NEED FOR POLICY GUIDANCE, ASPIN-BROWN COMMISSION; PART VI: COVERT ACTION; 19. COVERT ACTION: SWAMPLAND OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, SENATOR FRANK CHURCH; 20. COVERT ACTION CAN BE JUST, JAMES A. BARRY; * 21. COVERT ACTION, PENTAGON STYLE, JENNIFER D. KIBBE; * 22. ASSASSINATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, BRUCE D. BERKOWITZ; * 23. EVALUATING COVERT ACTION, LOCH K. JOHNSON; PART VII. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE; * 24. THE CHALLENGES OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, PAUL J. REDMOND; 25. COLD WAR SPIES: WHY THEY SPIED AND HOW THEY GOT CAUGHT, STAN A. TAYLOR AND DANIEL SNOW; 26. TREACHERY INSIDE THE CIA, SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE; * 27. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, PERCEPTION, AND DECEPTION, ROBERT JERVIS; PART VIII. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES; 28. INTELLIGENCE: WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, GREGORY F. TREVERTON; 29. UNLEASHING THE ROGUE ELEPHANT: SEPTEMBER 11 AND LETTING THE CIA BE THE CIA, FREDERICK P. HITZ; * 30. INTELLIGENCE AND THE RISE OF JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, FREDERIC F. MANGET; 31. CONGRESSIONAL SUPERVISION OF AMERICA'S SECRET AGENCIES: THE EXPERIENCE AND LEGACY OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE, LOCH K. JOHNSON; 32. WARRANTLESS WIRETAPS, YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW SYMPOSIUM (ALAN DERSHOWITZ, SENATOR CONRAD BURNS, JOHN J. DONOHUE, DAVID B. RIVKIN, JR., DAKOTA RUDESILL, STEPHEN A. VADEN, AND LOCH K. JOHNSON); PART IX. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 AND WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURES; 33. 9/11 INTELLIGENCE FAILURE, KEAN COMMISSION; * 34. SPYING BLIND, AMY B. ZEGART; * 35. HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: DENIAL, DECEPTION, AND THE NON-STATE ACTOR, JAMES J. WIRTZ; * 36. INTELLIGENCE, POLICY, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ, PAUL R. PILLAR; * 37. INTELLIGENCE AND HOMELAND SECURITY, JAMES BURCH; PART X. INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS; * 38. THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, ALEXANDER ORLOV; * 39. THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE WITH INTELLIGENCE, PERCY CRADOCK; EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE; U.S. INTELLIGENCE LEADERSHIP, 1947-2010; THE ORGANIZATION OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY; INTELLIGENCE WEBSITES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

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<br> Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies is useful because each section covers a specific topic, which the editors introduce clearly. It then presents articles by various authors who express different viewpoints on the given topic. This methodology helps students to learn both theory and practical aspects of the issues, and gives them a clear understanding of the differences in thought that experts have. --Anita J. Bucknam, The Ohio State University<p><br> Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies is an admirable contribution to the intelligence canon. This reader clearly meets its goal of bringing together a set of diverse and useful articles across much of the intelligence process. It also serves as an excellent supplement to a main textbook. --Mark M. Lowenthal, Johns Hopkins University<p><br>

<br> Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies is useful because each section covers a specific topic, which the editors introduce clearly. It then presents articles by various authors who express different viewpoints on the given topic. This methodology helps students to learn both theory and practical aspects of the issues, and gives them a clear understanding of the differences in thought that experts have. --Anita J. Bucknam, The Ohio State University<br> Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies is an admirable contribution to the intelligence canon. This reader clearly meets its goal of bringing together a set of diverse and useful articles across much of the intelligence process. It also serves as an excellent supplement to a main textbook. --Mark M. Lowenthal, Johns Hopkins University<br>

Author Information

Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor. James J. Wirtz is Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and Director of the Global Center for Security Cooperation, Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

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