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Informationen zum Autor David M. Blum is an operations research analyst for the U.S. Air Force serving as a civilian member of the Air Staff. He received his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford University. J. Edward Conway is a senior manager for a multinational advisory firm, where he focuses on corporate intelligence. A former analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, he received his PhD in international relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Klappentext This book details the intellectual and bureaucratic challenges that intelligence analysts disrupting terrorist and insurgent finances encounter. Each chapter uses analytic methods via a case study drawn from the real experiences of intelligence analysts deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan to support live military operations. Zusammenfassung This book details the intellectual and bureaucratic challenges that intelligence analysts disrupting terrorist and insurgent finances encounter. Each chapter uses analytic methods via a case study drawn from the real experiences of intelligence analysts deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan to support live military operations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword David D. McKiernan, General (Retired), U.S. ArmyChapter One: Introduction: The Threat Finance Cell J. Edward ConwayChapter Two: Intelligence Analysis: An Operator's Perspective Colonel Clayton O. Sheffield, U.S. ArmyChapter Three: Where Counterinsurgency Meets Counter Threat Finance Brian A. GordonChapter Four: From People to Processes: Collecting Intelligence That Matters David M. Blum & Brian A. GordonChapter Five: Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Financial Ledgers Benjamin Bahney and Howard J. ShatzChapter Six: Cost Accounting: Auditing the Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan Brian A. Gordon and J. Edward ConwayChapter Seven: Using Financial Data to Analyze Terrorist Motivations: The Case of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Payrolls Benjamin Bahney and Howard J. ShatzChapter Eight: Social Network Analysis: Understanding Threat Financial Networks David M. Blum and Brian A. GordonChapter Nine: Scenario Planning: The "Master" of Spin Boldak and The Chaman Border Crossing David Blum and J. Edward ConwayChapter Ten: Decision Analysis: Rank-Ordering Members of the Insurgent Group As'aib Ahl al-Haqq J. Edward ConwayChapter Eleven: Designing Courses of Action: From Problem-setting to Problem-solving J. Edward ConwayChapter Twelve: Conclusion J. Edward Conway and David Blum...
