Analyzing intelligence : national security practitioners' perspectives / Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce, editors ; in Cooperation with the Center for Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

"In Cooperation with the Center for Security Studies Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 practitioners point of view. The contributors-most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community-review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and techniques designed to deal with 21st century national security problems. This second edition updates this indispensable book with new chapters that highlight advances in applying more analytic rigor to an.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Intelligence Analysis, What Is It-and What Does It Take? -- Part I The Analytic Tradition -- Chapter 2 The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the US Intelligence Community -- Chapter 3 The Track Record of CIA Analysis -- Chapter 4 Is Intelligence Analysis a Discipline? -- Part II The Policymaker-Analyst Relationship -- Chapter 5 Serving the National Policymaker -- Chapter 6 The Policymaker's Perspective: Transparency and Partnership -- Chapter 7 Serving the Senior Military Consumer: A National Agency Perspective -- Part III Diagnosis and Prescription -- Chapter 8 Why Bad Things Happen to Good Analysts -- Chapter 9 Making Analysis More Reliable: Why Epistemology Matters to Intelligence -- Chapter 10 The Missing Link: The Analyst-Collector Relationship -- Part IV Enduring Challenges -- Chapter 11 The Art of Strategy and Intelligence -- Chapter 12 Foreign Denial and Deception: Analytic Imperatives -- Chapter 13 Warning in an Age of Uncertainty -- Part V Analysis for Twenty-First-Century Issues -- Chapter 14 Structured Analytic Techniques: A New Approach to Analysis -- Chapter 15 New Analytic Techniques for Tactical Military Intelligence -- Chapter 16 Domestic Intelligence Analysis -- Part VI Leading Analytic Change -- Chapter 17 Building a Community of Analysts -- Chapter 18 The Education and Training of Intelligence Analysts -- Chapter 19 Analytic Outreach: Pathway to Expertise Building and Professionalization -- Chapter 20 Conclusion: Professionalizing Intelligence Analysis in the Twenty-First Century -- Glossary of Analysis Terms -- Contributors -- Index.

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