Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence - Couverture rigide

Shulsky, Abram N.; Schmitt, Gary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0028810252 ISBN 13 : 9780028810256

Editeur : Brassey's Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Revised edition of an introduction to the world of intelligence in the cloak and dagger sense of the word. Derived from a college course developed by the author, the text provides an overview of the basic principles of intelligence such as data collection, analysis, covert action, and counterintelli

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Easy to read and understand."

The best place for the general reader to start learning about the real world of intelligence work."

A thoughtful, authoritative study of intelligence written clearly and insightfully.

""Silent Warfare" is the ideal primer on intelligence. It offers not only a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but an analysis of intelligence that exposes the flaws in the conventional wisdom of the intelligence community. A superbly balanced work."

"Silent Warfare is the ideal primer on intelligence. It offers not only a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but an analysis of intelligence that exposes the flaws in the conventional wisdom of the intelligence community. A superbly balanced work."--Elliott A. Cohen, professor and director of strategic studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
--Elliott A. Cohen

"Contains many insights. . . . Well worth reading."--Ray S. Cline, former deputy director of the CIA
--Ray S. Cline, former deputy director of the CIA

"The best place for the general reader to start learning about the real world of intelligence work."--Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War
--Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War

"A thoughtful, authoritative study of intelligence written clearly and insightfully."--Ronald Kessler, author of The Spy in the Russian Club
--Ronald Kessler

Présentation de l'éditeur

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider's guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt clearly explain such topics as the principles of collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, and their interrelationship with policymakers and democratic values. This new edition takes account of the expanding literature in the field of intelligence and deals with the consequences for intelligence of vast recent changes in telecommunication and computer technology the new "information age." It also reflects the world's strategic changes since the end of the Cold War. This landmark book provides a valuable framework for understanding today's headlines, as well as the many developments likely to come in the real world of the spy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brassey's Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0028810252
• ISBN 13: 9780028810256
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible