Intelligence Collection: How to Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection in Complex Environments (Praeger Security International)

Hall, Wayne Michael; Citrenbaum, Gary

ISBN 10: 0313398178 / ISBN 13: 9780313398179

Published by Praeger, Santa Barbara, Calif, 2012

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black cloth, gilt spine, xvi, 505 pages : illustrations, "This book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundation of effective modern intelligence collection--the strategies required to support intelligence analysis of the modern, complex operational environments of today's military conflicts or competitive civilian situations such as business"-- Provided by publisher.CONTENTS: UNDERPINNINGS FOR ADVANCED COLLECTION,The operational environment,The adversary OPERATIONS AND ADVANCED COLLECTION,The vagaries of irregular warfare and implications for command and control,Collection contradictions in irregular warfare Overcoming collection contradictions : a macro view,Elemental thinking about advanced collection THE SPECIFICS OF ADVANCED COLLECTION,Enablers of advanced collection,Rationale for advanced collection,The basics of advanced collection Performance requirements for advanced collection operations Point persistent surveillance operations in advanced collection SYNTHESIS,Critical thinking for advanced collection.Philosophy of advanced collection,Tools for advanced collection Closing thoughts meeting irregular warfare collection challenges. Seller Inventory # 1125558195

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Title: Intelligence Collection: How to Plan and ...

Publisher: Praeger, Santa Barbara, Calif

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundation of effective modern intelligence collection―the strategies required to support intelligence analysis of the modern, complex operational environments of today's military conflicts or competitive civilian situations such as business.

Just as the old rules of conventional warfare and intelligence analysis do not apply fully in the 21st-century environment, neither does the traditional methodology of collecting intelligence on these elusive, adapting foes operating as complex adaptive systems (CAS)―adversaries that excel in today's complex contexts.

Intelligence Collection: How To Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection In Complex Environments proposes substantive improvements in the way the U.S. national security system collects intelligence and supports intelligence analysis. The work draws on the groundbreaking work of a diverge group of theorists ranging from Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu to M. Mitchell Waldrop, General David Petraeus, and Orson Scott Card, communicating a unifying theory and ontology of thought for how America's intelligence collection professionals must learn to collect data as our country faces elusive, determined, and smart adversaries in nonlinear, dynamic environments. The new ideas presented will help the nation's intelligence collection specialists to amass a formidable, cumulative intelligence power, regardless of the level of war or the type of operational environment.

About the Author:

Wayne Michael Hall, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Retired, has more than 40 years of experience in intelligence operations. He is president and CEO of Hall Consulting Services, which advises military and private corporations on intelligence-related matters.