Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, An Anthology

Description

Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and highly accessible set of thirty-three readings by leading experts in the field. This unique volume features coverage of many topics including 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, and the global struggle against ISIS.

New to this Edition

• Nine new articles, for a total of thirty-three pieces covering a variety of intelligence topics
• New articles focus on a range of important historical and current topics in intelligence, including the President's Daily Brief, Social Media intelligence ("SOCMINT"), drone warfare, and the implications of Edward Snowden's controversial intelligence leaks

Table of Contents

*=New to this Edition

Preface
New to this Edition
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgments

PART I. INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INTRODUCTION
Introduction
1. The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview, Phyllis Provost McNeil

*2. Intelligence and the President's Daily Brief, Adrian Wolfberg

PART II. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
Introduction
3. The Intelligence Cycle, Arthur S. Hulnick
4. Human Intelligence, Frederick P. Hitz

5. Open Source Intelligence, Stephen C. Mercado

*6. Social Media Intelligence, Sir David Omand, Jamie Bartlett, and Carl Miller

PART III. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
Introduction
7. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable, Richard K. Betts

8. A Policymaker's Perspective on Intelligence Analysis, Robert D. Blackwill and Jack Davis

*9. Intelligence Analysis and American Foreign Policy, Stephen Marrin

PART IV. INTELLIGENCE AND THE POLICYMAKER
Introduction
10. Intelligence Analysts and Policymakers, Jack Davis

11. Tribal Tongues: Intelligence Consumers, Intelligence Producers, Mark M. Lowenthal

12. The Need for Policy Guidance, Aspin-Brown Commission

PART V. THE DANGER OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION
Introduction
13. The Intelligence-Policy Nexus, James J. Wirtz

*14. Is Politicization Ever a Good Thing?, Joshua Rovner


PART VI: COVERT ACTION
Introduction
15. Covert Action in Chile, Michael Grow

16. Covert Action: Swampland of American Foreign Policy, Senator Frank Church

*17. Drone Warfare, Elke Schwarz

18. Assassination as an Instrument of American Foreign Policy, Bruce Berkowitz

PART VII. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Introduction
19. The Challenges of Counterintelligence, Paul Redmond

20. Cold War Spies: Why They Spied and How They Got Caught, Stan A. Taylor and Daniel Snow

21. Treachery Inside the CIA, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

PART VIII. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Introduction
22. Intelligence: Welcome to the American Government, Gregory F. Treverton

23. Intelligence and the Rise of Judicial Accountability, Frederic F. Manget

24. Congressional Supervision of America's Secret Agencies: The Church Committee, Loch K. Johnson

*25. Forum on the Implication of the Snowden Leaks
Loch K. Johnson, Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran, David M. Barrett, Glenn Hastedt, Robert Jervis, Wolfgang Krieger, Rose McDermott, Sir David Omand, Mark Phythian, Wesley K. Wark

PART IX. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 AND WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURES
Introduction
26. 9/11 Intelligence Failure, Kean Commission

27. Spying Blind, Amy B. Zegart

*28. Intelligence and the Global Struggle Against ISIS, James J. Wirtz

29. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq, Paul R. Pillar

30. Intelligence and Homeland Security, James Burch

PART X. INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS
Introduction
*31. Soviet Intelligence Activities during the Cold War.., Raymond L. Garthoff

32. The British Experience with Intelligence, Percy Cradock

*33. German Intelligence, Wolfgang Krieger


U.S. Intelligence Leadership, 1947-2018
Organization of the U.S. Intelligence Community
Intelligence Websites
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Name Index