U.S. Intelligence at the Crossroads: Agendas for Reform (Brassey's Intelligence & National Security Library.)
Schmitt, Gary James
ISBN 10: 1574880365 ISBN 13: 9781574880366
Published by Potomac Books Inc, 1995
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U.S. Intelligence at the Crossroads presents fresh, divergent perspectives on topics ranging from the very purpose of intelligence to pressing policy concerns about weapons proliferation, economic espionage, and threats posed by nonstate actors such as criminal and terrorist organizations. Contributors include high-ranking officials from the CIA, FBI, and the departments of State and Defense, as well as leading academic specialists such as Joseph Nye, Abram Shulsky, and James Q. Wilson.
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These 18 essays are generated by a working group on intelligence reform established in 1992 by the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, a specialists' forum. Ranging widely, the pieces collectively examine the intelligence community's basic roles, missions and methods of operation. They also propose new ways of thinking about intelligence and how it can better serve the needs of national security. Robert Kohler inquires into the importance of satellite reconnaissance; Roy Godson argues that covert action is likely to remain a controversial instrument of government policy; Henry Rowen introduces the concept of a "market" for intelligence; Randall Fort discusses clandestine acquisition of economic, financial and trade information by official intelligence methods and asks whether it should be shared with the private sector. By high-ranking and former intelligence officials and scholars, these essays will be of more interest to specialists than to general readers.
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Title: U.S. Intelligence at the Crossroads: Agendas...
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good