Intelligence: the Secret World of Spies : An Anthology

by Johnson, Loch K.; Wirtz, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780199733675
• ISBN10: 0199733678
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, Third Edition, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and yet highly accessible set of readings from leading experts in the field. Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition includes: * Twenty new articles examining a wide variety of important issues (satellite surveillance, 9/11, the search for WMDs in Iraq, homeland security, and counterterrorism) * A new epilogue analyzing the current state of intelligence * Updated introductions at the beginning of each piece that help to contextualize chapter content * Discussion questions at the end of each chapter that reinforce key concepts and encourage class participation * Comprehensive coverage of many hot topics including the history of intelligence; how the U.S. gathers and interprets global information; the meaning of security intelligence; 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; the implications of major intelligence failures in 2001 and 2003; and intelligence as practiced in other nations The most engaging, current--and expertly edited--anthology available, Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in intelligence and homeland security.

Author Biography

Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor.

James J. Wirtz is Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and Director of the Global Center for Security Cooperation, Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

Table of Contents

* New to the Third Edition

Each Part opens with an Introduction.

About This Book
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Preface

PART I. INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INTRODUCTION
* 1. Sources and Methods for the Study of Intelligence, Michael Warner
2. The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community--An Historical Overview, Phyllis Provost McNeil
* 3. Intelligence and the Second Bush Administration, Admiral Stansfield Turner
* 4. The Rise and Fall of the CIA, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

PART II. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
* 5. The Intelligence Cycle, Arthur S. Hulnick
* 6. The Technical Collection of Intelligence, Jeffrey T. Richelson
* 7. Human Source Intelligence, Frederick P. Hitz
* 8. Open-Source Intelligence, Stephen C. Mercado
* 9. Pearl Harbor and 9/11, James J. Wirtz

PART III. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
10. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures are Inevitable, Richard K. Betts
11. A Policymaker's Perspective on Intelligence Analysis, Robert D. Blackwill and Jack Davis
* 12. The Challenges of Intelligence Analysis, William M. Nolte
* 13. Intelligence and the War in Iraq, Richard A. Best, Jr.

PART IV. THE DANGER OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION
* 14. The Intelligence-Policy Nexis, James J. Wirtz
15. Public Intelligence, Glenn Hastedt

PART V. INTELLIGENCE AND THE POLICYMAKER
* 16. Intelligence Analysts and Policymakers, Jack Davis
17. Tribal Tongues: Intelligence Consumers, Intelligence Producers, Mark M. Lowenthal
18. The Need for Policy Guidance, Aspin-Brown Commission

PART VI: COVERT ACTION
19. Covert Action: Swampland of American Foreign Policy, Senator Frank Church
20. Covert Action Can Be Just, James A. Barry
* 21. Covert Action, Pentagon Style, Jennifer D. Kibbe
* 22. Assassination as an Instrument of American Foreign Policy, Bruce D. Berkowitz
* 23. Evaluating Covert Action, Loch K. Johnson

PART VII. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
* 24. The Challenges of Counterintelligence, Paul J. Redmond
25. Cold War Spies: Why They Spied and How They Got Caught, Stan A. Taylor and Daniel Snow
26. Treachery Inside the CIA, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
* 27. Counterintelligence, Perception, and Deception, Robert Jervis

PART VIII. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
28. Intelligence: Welcome to the American Government, Gregory F. Treverton
29. Unleashing the Rogue Elephant: September 11 and Letting the CIA Be the CIA, Frederick P. Hitz
* 30. Intelligence and the Rise of Judicial Accountability, Frederic F. Manget
31. Congressional Supervision of America's Secret Agencies: The Experience and Legacy of the Church Committee, Loch K. Johnson
32. Warrantless Wiretaps, Yale University School of Law Symposium (Alan Dershowitz, Senator Conrad Burns, John J. Donohue, David B. Rivkin, Jr., Dakota Rudesill, Stephen A. Vaden, and Loch K. Johnson)

PART IX. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 AND WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURES
33. 9/11 Intelligence Failure, Kean Commission
* 34. Spying Blind, Amy B. Zegart
* 35. Hiding in Plain Sight: Denial, Deception, and the Non-State Actor, James J. Wirtz
* 36. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq, Paul R. Pillar
* 37. Intelligence and Homeland Security, James Burch

PART X. INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS
* 38. The Soviet Intelligence Community, Alexander Orlov
* 39. The British Experience with Intelligence, Percy Cradock

EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE
U.S. Intelligence Leadership, 1947-2010
The Organization of the U.S. Intelligence Community

Intelligence Websites
Select Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index