Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy - Softcover

Lowenthal, Mark M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483307786 ISBN 13: 9781483307787

Publisher: CQ Press, 2014

Synopsis

Mark M. Lowenthal’s trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In this Sixth Edition of Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, the author highlights new challenges facing the intelligence community, examining NSA programs, UAVs, the impact of social media, and the effects of the Snowden leaks on collection and Congressional oversight. An expanded chapter on oversight scrutinizes the role of the FISA court, OMB, and GAO.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark M. Lowenthal has over forty-four years of experience in U.S. intelligence. He has served as the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production, Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council, staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, office director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the State Department′s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), and Senior Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. He is now the President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy, an education and consulting firm. Dr. Lowenthal received his BA from Brooklyn College and his PhD in history from Harvard University. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University; the National Intelligence University; Sciences Po (Paris); and the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School. He was an adjunct at Columbia University from 1993–2007.

Review:

"Intelligence is an excellent introduction into the realm of intelligence, both from the standpoint of the analyst and the policymaker. It is well written, clear and concise with well organized chapters. There is no text out there that covers the realm of intelligence in all of its phases as elegantly and precisely as this one does." Author: Alan Clyde More

"Lowenthal’s book remains the most cogent and comprehensive treatment of US intelligence and the intelligence processes.  Others treat various topics, principally analysis, in greater detail, but lack the scope of Lowenthal, which is what makes it valuable.  With each edition, Lowenthal ensures that the text is relatively up-to-date with recent events and trends.  His sense of humor is a great addition to what otherwise could be rather wonk-ish and dry text." Author: Peter Oleson

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1483307786
• ISBN 13: 9781483307787
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 560