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Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view.
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Preface1. Intelligence Analysis: What Is It -- and What Does It Take? James B. Bruce and Roger Z. GeorgePart I: The Analytic Tradition2. The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the US Intelligence Community John H. Hedley3. The Track Record of CIA Analysis Richard J. Kerr and Michael Warner4. Is Intelligence Analysis a Discipline? Rebecca Fisher, Rob Johnston, and Peter Clement Part II: The Policymaker--Analyst Relationship 5. Serving the National Policymaker John McLaughlin6. The Policymaker's Perspective: Transparency and Partnership James B. Steinberg 7. Serving the Senior Military Consumer: A National Agency Perspective John Kringen Part III: Diagnosis and Prescription 8. Why Bad Things Happen to Good Analysts Jack Davis9. Making Intelligence Analysis More Reliable: Why Epistemology Matters to Intelligence James B. Bruce10. The Missing Link: The Analyst--Collector Relationship James B. Bruce Part IV: Enduring Challenges11. The Art of Intelligence and Strategy Roger Z. George12. Foreign Deception and Denial: Analytic Imperatives James B. Bruce and Michael Bennett13. Warning in an Age of Uncertainty Roger Z. George and James J. Wirtz Part V: Analysis for Twenty-First-Century Issues14. Structured Analytic Techniques: A New Approach to Analysis Randolph H. Pherson and Richards J. Heuer Jr.15. New Analytic Techniques for Tactical Military Intelligence Vincent Stewart, Drew E. Cukor, Joseph Larson III, and Matthew Pottinger16. Domestic Intelligence Analysis Maureen Baginski Part VI: Leading Analytic Change17. Building a Community of Analysts Thomas Fingar18. The Education and Training of Intelligence Analysts Mark M. Lowenthal19. Analytic Outreach: Pathway to Expertise Building and Professionalization Susan H. Nelson20. Conclusion: Professionalizing Intelligence Analysis in the Twenty-First Century Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce GlossaryContributorsIndex
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Roger Z. George is professor of national security strategy at the National War College and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in the Security Studies Program. He was a career CIA intelligence analyst who served at the State and Defense departments and has been the national intelligence officer for Europe. He is coeditor of several volumes on intelligence and national security studies, most recently
The National Security Enterprise: Navigating the Labyrinth.
James B. Bruce is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. A retired career intelligence analyst, he served with CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and Directorate of Operations, and with the National Intelligence Council as deputy national intelligence officer for science and technology. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University, he has taught previously at the National War College, and as an adjunct at Columbia University and American University.
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Assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. This book includes chapters that highlight advances in the intelligence community in structured analytic techniques, training, expertise-building, and professional development.
