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Intelligence work is in some ways like a newspaper or newsmagazine, in some like a business, in some like the research activity of a university; very little of it involves cloaks and daggers. All of it is important to national survival, and should be understood by the citizens of a democracy. In this remarkable book, an able scholar, experienced i



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Note to Second Printing, pg. xii*Preface 1966, pg. xiii*Chapter 1. Intelligence is Knowledge, pg. 3*Chapter 2. Substantive Content: (1) The Basic Descriptive Element, pg. 11*Chapter 3. Substantive Content: (2) The Current Reportorial Element, pg. 30*Chapter 4. Substantive Content: (3) The Speculative - Evaluative Element, pg. 39*Chapter 5. Intelligence is Organization, pg. 69*Chapter 6. Central Intelligence, pg. 78*Chapter 7. Departmental Intelligence, pg. 104*Chapter 8. Departmental Intelligence Organization: Ten Lessons from Experience, pg. 116*Chapter 9. Intelligence is Activity, pg. 151*Chapter 10. Special Problems of Method in Intelligence Work, pg. 159*Chapter 11. Producers and Consumers of Intelligence, pg. 180*Appendix. Kinds of Intelligence, pg. 209*Index, pg. 221

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691624044, 978-0691624044
      ISBN10: 0691624046
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      Book Synopsis

      Intelligence work is in some ways like a newspaper or newsmagazine, in some like a business, in some like the research activity of a university; very little of it involves cloaks and daggers. All of it is important to national survival, and should be understood by the citizens of a democracy. In this remarkable book, an able scholar, experienced i



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Note to Second Printing, pg. xii*Preface 1966, pg. xiii*Chapter 1. Intelligence is Knowledge, pg. 3*Chapter 2. Substantive Content: (1) The Basic Descriptive Element, pg. 11*Chapter 3. Substantive Content: (2) The Current Reportorial Element, pg. 30*Chapter 4. Substantive Content: (3) The Speculative - Evaluative Element, pg. 39*Chapter 5. Intelligence is Organization, pg. 69*Chapter 6. Central Intelligence, pg. 78*Chapter 7. Departmental Intelligence, pg. 104*Chapter 8. Departmental Intelligence Organization: Ten Lessons from Experience, pg. 116*Chapter 9. Intelligence is Activity, pg. 151*Chapter 10. Special Problems of Method in Intelligence Work, pg. 159*Chapter 11. Producers and Consumers of Intelligence, pg. 180*Appendix. Kinds of Intelligence, pg. 209*Index, pg. 221

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