Why secret intelligence fails /

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Author / Creator:Turner, Michael A., 1947-
Imprint:Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 217 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278360
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ISBN:9781612343075
1612343074
1574888900
9781574888904
1574888919
9781574888911
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index.
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Summary:"Why Secret Intelligence Fails provides a frank discussion of the problems of the American intelligence community. While examining the causes of intelligence failures, the book also explores how the intelligence community functions, making it an excellent primer on secret intelligence. Rather than focusing on case studies, the book takes a holistic approach, beginning with structural issues and all the dysfunctions that emanate from them. Michael Turner explores each step of the intelligence cycle - priority setting, intelligence collection, analysis, production, and dissemination - to identify the "inflection points" within each stage that contribute to intelligence failures. Finally, he examines a variety of plans that, if implemented, would improve American intelligence."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Turner, Michael A., 1947- Why secret intelligence fails. Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, ©2005 1574888900
Table of Contents:
  • The uncertainty principle
  • Intelligence, American style
  • Pitfalls of American-style intelligence
  • The foreign experience
  • Requirements and priorities
  • Perils of intelligence collection
  • Analytic snafus
  • Getting intelligence to the right people
  • Contributing factors
  • Toward smarter intelligence.