Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence - Couverture souple

Shulsky, Abram N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1574883453 ISBN 13 : 9781574883459

Editeur : Potomac Books Inc, 2002

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Abram N. Shulsky was a senior fellow at the National Strategy Information Center in Washington when he wrote Silent Warfare. He currently serves in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Gary J. Schmitt was also a senior fellow at the National Strategy Information Center while preparing the second edition of this book. He has served as executive director of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and as minority staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Potomac Books Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1574883453
• ISBN 13: 9781574883459
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible