Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence

An Updated Revision Of The First Comprehensive Overview Of Intelligence Designed For Both The Student And The General Reader, Silent Warfare Is An Insider?s Guide To A Shadowy, Often Misunderstood World. Leading Intelligence Scholars Abram N. Shulsky And Gary J. Schmitt Clearly Explain Such Topics As The Principles Of Collection, Analysis, Counterintelligence, And Covert Action, And Their Interrelationship With Policymakers And Democratic Values. Military Intelligence History Reading List 2012. Introduction: Writing About Secrets -- What Is Intelligence? -- The Scope Of Intelligence -- Intelligence And The Information Age -- The Elements Of Intelligence -- Spies, Machines, And Libraries: Collecting The Data -- Human Intelligence Collection -- Technical Intelligence Collection -- Comparison Of Humint And Techint -- Open-source Collection -- What Does It All Mean? Intelligence Analysis And Production -- What Is Analysis? -- The Intelligence Product -- Intelligence Failure And Surprise -- Working Behind The Scenes: Covert Action -- What Is Covert Action? -- Types And Examples Of Covert Action -- Covert Action And Secrecy -- Covert Action And Intelligence -- Spy Versus Spy: Counterintelligence -- The Classification Of Information -- Security -- Counterespionage -- Multidisciplinary Counterintelligence (mdci) -- Deception And Counterdeception -- Counterintelligence Analysis -- Guarding The Guardians: The Management Of Intelligence -- Secrecy And Control -- Expertise And Policy -- Intelligence And The Information Age -- Intelligence And Democracy -- Two Views Of Intelligence -- Historical Development Of The American View -- Intelligence And Moral Issues -- Toward A Theory Of Intelligence. Abram N. Shulsky ; Foreword By Roy Godson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 199-272) And Index.