The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence

by Loch K. Johnson

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence is a state-of-the-art work on intelligence and national security. Edited by Loch Johnson, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, the handbook examines the topic in full, beginning with an examination of the major theories of intelligence. It then shifts its focus to how intelligence agencies operate, how they collect information from around the world, the problems that come with transforming "raw" information into credible analysis, and the difficulties in disseminating intelligence to policymakers. It also considers the balance between secrecy and public accountability, and the ethical dilemmas that covert and counterintelligence operations routinely present to intelligence agencies. Throughout, contributors factor in broader historical and political contexts that are integral to understanding how intelligence agencies function in our information-dominated age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199929474
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	912
Sales rank:	710,812
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors

Glossary


PART I INTRODUCTION
1. National Security Intelligence
LOCH K. JOHNSON
2. National Security and Public Anxiety: Our Changing Perceptions
SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE
PART II THEORY AND METHOD
3. Theories of Intelligence
PETER GILL
4. The Sources and Methods of Intelligence Studies
JAMES J. WIRTZ
5. Getting Intelligence History Right: Reflections and Recommendations from the Inside
NICHOLAS DUJMOVIC
6. Assessing Intelligence Performance
JOHN GENTRY
PART III THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN INTELLIGENCE
7. The Rise of the U.S. Intelligence System, 1917-1977
MICHAEL WARNER
8. The Rise and Fall of the CIA
RHODRI JEFFREYS-JONES
9. British Strategic Intelligence and the Cold War
LEN SCOTT
10. Signals Intelligence in War and Power Politics, 1914-2008
JOHN FERRIS
11. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board
MICHAEL ABSHER, MICHAEL DESCH, and ROMAN POPADIUK
12. Intelligence and Law Enforcement
FRED F. MANGET
13. Evolution of International Collaboration in the Global Intelligence Era
A. DENIS CLIFT
PART IV INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
14. The Dilemma of Open Source Intelligence: Is OSINT Really Intelligence?
ARTHUR S. HULNICK
15. The Troubled Inheritance: The National Security Agency and the Obama Administration
MATTHEW M. AID
16. The Human Collection of Intelligence
FREDERICK P. HITZ
17. United Nations Peacekeeping Intelligence
A. WALTER DORN
18. Privatized Spying: The Emerging Intelligence Industry
PATRICK R. KEEFE
19. Guarding the Border: Intelligence and Law Enforcement in Canada's Immigration System
ARNE KISLENKO
20. Extraordinary Rendition
WILLIAM G. WEAVER & ROBERT M. PALLITTO
PART V INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION
21. Addressing "Complexities" in Homeland Security
GREGORY F. TREVERTON
22. The Intelligence Analysis Crisis
URI BAR-JOSEPH AND ROSE MCDERMOTT
23. Competitive Analysis: Techniques for Better Gauging Enemy Political Intentions and Military Capabilities
RICHARD L. RUSSELL
24. Decision Advantage and the Nature of Intelligence Analysis
JENNIFER SIMS
25. Intelligence Analysis in an Uncertain Environment
WILLIAM M. NOLTE
26. The Dilemma of Defense Intelligence
RICHARD A. BEST, JR.
PART VI INTELLIGENCE DISSEMINATION
27. The Policymaker-Intelligence Relationship
MARK M. LOWENTHAL
28. On Uncertainty and the Limits of Intelligence
PETER JACKSON
29. The Perils of Politicization
PAUL PILLAR
30. Leadership in an Intelligence Organization: The Directors of Central Intelligence and the CIA
DAVID ROBARGE
PART VII COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
31. The Future of FBI Counterintelligence through the Lense of the Past One Hundred Years
RAY BATVINIS
32. Treason: "'Tis Worse than Murder"
STAN A. TAYLOR & KAYLE BUCHANAN
33. The Challenges of Counterintelligence
PAUL J. REDMAN
34. Catching An Atom Spy: MI5 and the Investigation of Klaus Fuchs
TIMOTHY GIBBSPART VIII COVERT ACTION
35. Covert Action, Pentagon Style
JENNIFER D. KIBBE
36. Covert Action: United States Law in Substance, Process, and Practice
JAMES E. BAKER
37. Covert Action: Strengths and Weaknesses
WILLIAM J. DAUGHERTY
PART IX INTELLIGENCE ACCOUNTABILITY
38. The Role of Defense in Shaping U.S. Intelligence Reform
JAMES R. CLAPPER, JR.
39. Intelligence and the Law in the United Kingdom
IAN LEIGH
40. Rethinking the State Secrets Privilege
LOUIS FISHER
41. Accounting for the Future or the Past? Developing Accountability and Oversight Systems to Meet Future Intelligence Needs
STUART FARSON & REG WHITAKER
42. "A Very British Institution": The Intelligence and Security Committee and Intelligence Accountability in the United Kingdom
MARK PYTHIAN
43. The Politics of Intelligence Accountability
GLENN HASTEDT
44. Ethics and Professional Intelligence
MICHAEL ANDREGG
PART X INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS
45. Intelligence in the Developing Democracies: The Quest for Transparency and Effectiveness
THOMAS C. BRUNEAU & FLORINA CRISTIANA (CRIS) MATEI
46. The Intelligence Services of Russian
ROBERT W. PRINGLE
47. The German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND): Evolution and Current Policy Issues
WOLFGANG KRIEGER
48. Israeli Intelligence: Organization, Failures, and Successes
EPHRAIM KAHANA
49. Intelligence and National Security: The Australian Experience
DAVID MARTIN JONES

Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book is an excellent, comprehensive collection of 49 articles by well-known authorities on the subject of national security. It contains a helpful glossary that will be useful to experts and neophytes...a very good acquisition for professional and university libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended."—CHOICE

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