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Introduction to intelligence : institutions, operations, and analysis / Jonathan M. Acuff [and 5 others]

By: Acuff, Jonathan M [author.].
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, A Division of Sage, ©2022Description: xx, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781544374673.Subject(s): Intelligence service | Intelligence officers | International relationsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction -- Intelligence history -- Intelligence and security institutions: organizations and processes -- Comparative intelligence systems -- Intelligence operations -- Counterintelligence -- Covert operations -- Cyberspace operations and the information environment -- Intelligence regulation and governance -- Inter-agency communications -- Intelligence analysis -- Analytic methods -- The ethics of intelligence -- Threats to the United States and its interests.
Summary: "Introduction to Intelligence: Institutions, Operations, and Analysis offers a strategic, international, and comparative approach to covering intelligence organizations and domestic security issues. Written by multiple authors, each chapter draws on the author's professional and scholarly expertise in the subject matter. As a core text for an introductory survey course in intelligence, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to intelligence, including institutions and processes, collection, communications, and common analytic methods"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Intelligence history -- Intelligence and security institutions: organizations and processes -- Comparative intelligence systems -- Intelligence operations -- Counterintelligence -- Covert operations -- Cyberspace operations and the information environment -- Intelligence regulation and governance -- Inter-agency communications -- Intelligence analysis -- Analytic methods -- The ethics of intelligence -- Threats to the United States and its interests.

"Introduction to Intelligence: Institutions, Operations, and Analysis offers a strategic, international, and comparative approach to covering intelligence organizations and domestic security issues. Written by multiple authors, each chapter draws on the author's professional and scholarly expertise in the subject matter. As a core text for an introductory survey course in intelligence, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to intelligence, including institutions and processes, collection, communications, and common analytic methods"--

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