| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 217 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index. |
| Contents |
The uncertainty principle -- Intelligence, American style -- Pitfalls of American-style intelligence -- The foreign experience -- Requirements and priorities -- Perils of intelligence collection -- Analytic snafus -- Getting intelligence to the right people -- Contributing factors -- Toward smarter intelligence. |
| Summary |
"Why Secret Intelligence Fails provides a frank discussion of the problems of the American intelligence community. While examining the causes of intelligence failures, the book also explores how the intelligence community functions, making it an excellent primer on secret intelligence. Rather than focusing on case studies, the book takes a holistic approach, beginning with structural issues and all the dysfunctions that emanate from them. Michael Turner explores each step of the intelligence cycle - priority setting, intelligence collection, analysis, production, and dissemination - to identify the "inflection points" within each stage that contribute to intelligence failures. Finally, he examines a variety of plans that, if implemented, would improve American intelligence."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- United States.
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Intelligence service. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turner, Michael A., 1947- Why secret intelligence fails. Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, ©2005 1574888900 (DLC) 2004013763 (OCoLC)56198994 |
| ISBN |
9781612343075 (electronic book) |
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1612343074 (electronic book) |
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1574888900 |
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9781574888904 |
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1574888919 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781574888911 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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