Table Of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• What Is Intelligence?
• The Purpose of Intelligence
• Conclusion: The Promise and the Limitations of Intelligence
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 2. Intelligence History
• Intelligence From Antiquity to the Westphalian State System
• Intelligence in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
• Intelligence in America From the Revolution to Pearl Harbor
• World War II and the Birth of the Modern
• The Cold War
• Intelligence in the 21st Century: 9/11 and Its Aftermath
• Conclusion: Assessing Over 3,000 Years of Intelligence History
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 3. Intelligence and Security Institutions: Organizations and Processes
• An Illustration of Intelligence Support
• The National Security Framework in the US System
• The Growth of the National Security Bureaucracy
• Intelligence Organizations in the US System of Government
• The Intelligence Cycle and Its Critics
• Conclusion: Critiques and Alternative Approaches
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 4. Comparative Intelligence Systems
• Cases in Intelligence Studies
• The United Kingdom
• French Republic
• Federal Republic of Germany
• Israel
• Russian Federation
• People’s Republic of China
• Conclusion: Similarities and Differences of Foreign
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 5. Intelligence Operations
• How Do We Collect Intelligence?
• Complexity and Challenges of Contemporary Intelligence Operations
• Intelligence Collection Planning
• The Five Principal Intelligence Collection Disciplines and Beyond
• Military Intelligence
• Conclusion: Intelligence Operations Summary
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 6. Counterintelligence
• The World of Espionage and Intrigue
• Counterintelligence Roles and Missions
• Defensive Counterintelligence
• Offensive Counterintelligence
• Contemporary Challenges for Counterintelligence
• Conclusion: Counterintelligence Summary
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 7. Covert Action
• Types of Covert Action
• Oversight of Covert Action in the United States
• The US Military and Covert Action
• Conclusion: Considerations in Covert Action
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 8. Cyberspace Operations and the Information Environment
• Convergence of Technology
• Peeling Back the Layers of Cyberspace
• The US Cyber Strategy
• Analyzing Cyber Threats
• Conclusion: The Complexity of Threats in the Cyberspace Domain
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 9. Intelligence Regulation and Governance
• McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare
• Domestic Intelligence and COINTELPRO
• The Watergate Scandal
• The Church and Pike Committees
• Intelligence Oversight After Watergate
• Intelligence Oversight in Practice
• The Separation of Powers in Intelligence Oversight
• Conclusion: An Imperfect but Indispensable System
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 10. Inter-Agency Communications
• The Inherent Tensions in Intelligence Communications
• Communications Challenges in Intra-Agency Settings
• Communications Challenges in Inter-Agency Settings
• Products for Intelligence Consumers
• Getting the Attention of Intelligence Consumers
• Retaining the Attention of Intelligence Consumers
• Conclusion: Making Intelligence Useful
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 11. Intelligence Analysis
• Epistemology and Intelligence Analysis
• Forecasting and the Challenges of Prediction
• Psychological Biases and Intelligence Analysis
• Conclusion: From the Philosophy of Science to Practice
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 12. Analytic Methods
• The Contemporary Context of Intelligence Analysis
• Methods Used to Analyze Intelligence Targets
• Presenting Findings: The Structure and Voice of Written
• Conclusion: Patterns of Recruitment and Training of Intelligence Analysts in the US Intelligence Community
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 13. The Ethics of Intelligence
• Of Ethics and Moral Systems
• Case Studies
• Conclusion: The Ethical Demands of National Service
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Chapter 14. Threats to the United States and Its Interests
• Strategic Competitors
• Pandemics
• Climate Change as a Driver of International Instability
• Cyber Threats in the 21st Century
• Inter-state War
• Ethnic Conflict, Revolution, and State Destabilization
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Terrorism
• Criminal Networks
• Conclusion: Of Threats and Priorities
• Key Concepts
• Additional Reading
• Index