Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs

by Lahneman, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780810878044
• ISBN10: 0810878046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective: The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs explores whether the U.S. intelligence enterprise will be able to remain effective in today's security environment. Based on the demands currently being placed upon the intelligence community, the analysis concludes that the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence will decline unless it embarks upon an aggressive, transformational course of action to reform various aspects of its operations. In keeping with the emerging literature on this subject, the book asserts that a so-called Revolution in Intelligence Affairs is needed. The need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs implies that no amount of evolutionary adjustments to existing intelligence community practices will keep U.S. intelligence effective. While evolutionary reforms might be necessary, they will not be sufficient to permit the intelligence community to target successfully the various threats and emerging issues that populate today's and tomorrow's security environment.

Author Biography

William J. Lahneman is assistant professor of political science at Towson University. He is also a senior research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.

Table of Contents

Editor Foreword	p. vii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
The Challenge Facing the U.S. Intelligence Community	p. 1
The Critical Importance of Intelligence in Today's Security Environment	p. 35
The Concept of a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs	p. 53
Is a Revolution in intelligence Affairs Needed?	p. 83
A New-Intelligence Paradigm	p. 107
A Transformed U.S. Intelligence Enterprise	p. 141
Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective in the Twenty-Five Century	p. 169
Appendix	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 197
About the Author	p. 201
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