The Uses and Limits of Intelligence

by Laqueur,Walter

• ISBN13: 9781560005940
• ISBN10: 1560005947
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Transaction Pub

Summary

This is a major survey and assessment of U.S. intelligence activities over the last forty-five years. It offers a systematic and authoritative evaluation of American intelligence-gathering machinery: how it has been used, misused, and on occasion, ignored. The book has been hailed as "a splendid work, reflective and penetrating" by James R. Schlesinger; while Zbigniew Brzezinski describes Laqueur as "a man who understands the relationships between history and the world of secret services." Henry S. Rowen noted that Laqueur "brings a rare degree of analytical power to this important subject."

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction	p. 3
The Anatomy of Intelligence
The Production of Intelligence	p. 15
Economic and Scientific Intelligence	p. 38
A History of Intelligence Performance
Intelligence and Its Customers	p. 71
Early Experiences and Later-Day Trials	p. 110
The Missile Gap Controversy and the Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 139
Vietnam and the Case of the Missing Missiles	p. 171
Intelligence Abroad
Secret Services in Open Societies	p. 201
The Antagonists: KGB and GRU	p. 233
Theories of Intelligence
The Causes of Failure	p. 255
Craft or Science?	p. 293
Conclusion
The Future of Intelligence	p. 311
Notes	p. 345
List of Abbreviations	p. 393
Index	p. 395
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