Intelligence -6th Edition- - From Secrets to Policy

Informationen zum Autor Mark M. Lowenthal has over thirty-nine years experience in U.S. intelligence. Dr. Lowenthal has served as the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production! Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council! staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence! offi ce director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)! and Senior Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service! Library of Congress. Dr. Lowenthal has written extensively on intelligence and national security issues! including five books and over 100 articles or studies. His book Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (6th ed.! 2014) is the standard college and graduate school text on the topic. Dr. Lowenthal received his BA from Brooklyn College and his PhD in history from Harvard University. He is an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University; he was an adjunct at Columbia University from 1993-2007. Currently! Dr. Lowenthal is President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy! an education and consulting firm. Klappentext This sixth edition now features a new two-colour interior design and Lowenthal's reliable and thorough updating. With recent developments in mind! he highlights new challenges facing the intelligence community! including the effects of the Snowden leaks in terms of collection and Congressional oversight! as well as discussing NSA programs! UAVs! and the impact of social media. All transnational issues have been updated! especially to reflect changes in the war on terror and with WMD. New analytic issues receive attention! including Big Data! multi-intelligence analysis! and shifting demands on the work force. A new oversight chapter gives extra scrutiny to the role of the FISA court! OMB! and GAO. Lowenthal also expands coverage of foreign intelligence services! to include more on services in each region of the world Chapter 1: What is "Intelligence"? Why Have Intelligence Agencies? What Is Intelligence About? Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 2: The Development of U.S. Intelligence Major Themes Major Historical Developments Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 3: The U.S. Intelligence Community Alternative Ways of Looking at the Intelligence Community The Many Different Intelligence Communities Intelligence Community Relationships That Matter The Intelligence Budget Process Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 4: The Intelligence Process - A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom? Requirements Collection Processing and Exploitation Analysis and Production Dissemination and Consumption Feedback Thinking about the Intelligence Process Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 5: Collection and The Collection Disciplines Overarching Themes Strengths and Weaknesses Conclusion Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 6: Analysis Major Themes Analytical Issues Further ReadingsChapter 9: The Role of The Policy Maker The U.S. National Security Policy Process Who Wants What? The Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 10: Oversight and Accountability Executive Oversight Issues Congressional Oversight Issues in Congressional Oversight Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight The Courts Conclusion Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter 11: The Intelligence Agenda: Nation-States The Primacy of the Soviet Issue The Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities The Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence The "Comfort" of a Bilateral Relationship Collapse of the Soviet Union Intelligence and the Soviet Problem The Current Nation-State Issue Key Terms Further ReadingsChapter ...

Product details

• Authors: Mark M Lowenthal, Mark M. Lowenthal
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2014
• EAN: 9781483307787
• ISBN: 978-1-4833-0778-7
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book