Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)

Treverton, Gregory F.

ISBN 10: 052158096X / ISBN 13: 9780521580960

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001

About this Item

Gregory Treverton, former US National Intelligence council head, demonstrates how government intelligence must change. Series Editor(s): Wolf, Charles, Jr. Series: Rand Studies in Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFFS; JPA; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590. . 2001. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052158096X
• ISBN 13: 9780521580960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In a bold and penetrating study, Gregory Treverton, former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council and Senate investigator, offers his insider's views on how intelligence gathering and analysis must change. Treverton suggests why intelligence needs to be contrarian and attentive to the longer term. Believing that it is important to tap expertise outside government to solve intelligence problems, he argues that involving colleagues in the academy, think tanks, and Wall Street befits the changed role of government from doer to convener, mediator, and coalition-builder. Hb ISBN (2001): 0-521-58096-X

Book Description

In this bold and penetrating study, Gregory Treverton, former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council and Senate investigator, offers his insider's views on how intelligence gathering and analysis must change. He suggests why intelligence needs to be both contrarian, leaning against the conventional wisdom, and attentive to the longer term, leaning against the growing shorter time horizons of Washington policy makers. He urges that the solving of intelligence puzzles tap expertise outside government--in the academy, think tanks, and Wall Street--to make these parties colleagues and co-consumers of intelligence, befitting the changed role of government from doer to convener, mediator, and coalition-builder.