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Print Price: $170.99

Format:
Paperback
544 pp.
203 mm x 251 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190854829

Copyright Year:
2019

Imprint: OUP US


Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, An Anthology

Fifth Edition

Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz

Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and highly accessible set of thirty-three readings by leading experts in the field. This unique volume features coverage of many topics including methods of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, the danger of intelligence politicization, relationships between intelligence officers and the policymakers they serve, covert action, counterintelligence, accountability and civil liberties, and the global struggle against ISIS.

Readership : Jr./Sr. level Political Science students.

Reviews

  • "Loch Johnson and James Wirtz's Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies is one of the essential texts for any course on intelligence. Their new fifth edition builds on past strengths and adds new chapters on drones, ISIS, and social media. This remains a most valuable volume of both depth and breadth."
    --Mark Lowenthal, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis & Production; author of Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy

  • "The greatest strength of this volume is the breadth of topics covered and the range of voices represented. The editors should be commended for pulling together such a diverse set of chapters, drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners alike."
    --Michael Poznansky, University of Pittsburgh

  • "This anthology is comprehensive and very relevant. The issues it raises and the analytical skills it demonstrates make it easy reading for new students in the field."
    --Kamal Beyoghlow, American University

* = New to this Edition
Preface
New to this Edition
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgments
PART I. INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INTRODUCTION
Introduction
1. The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview, Phyllis Provost McNeil
2. Intelligence and the President's Daily Brief, Adrian Wolfberg *
PART II. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION

Introduction
3. The Intelligence Cycle, Arthur S. Hulnick
4. Human Intelligence, Frederick P. Hitz
5. Open Source Intelligence, Stephen C. Mercado
6. Social Media Intelligence, Sir David Omand, Jamie Bartlett, and Carl Miller *
PART III. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
Introduction
7. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable, Richard K. Betts
8. A Policymaker's Perspective on Intelligence Analysis, Robert D. Blackwill and Jack Davis
9. Intelligence Analysis and American Foreign Policy, Stephen Marrin *
PART IV. INTELLIGENCE AND THE POLICYMAKER

Introduction
10. Intelligence Analysts and Policymakers, Jack Davis
11. Tribal Tongues: Intelligence Consumers, Intelligence Producers, Mark M. Lowenthal
12. The Need for Policy Guidance, Aspin-Brown Commission
PART V. THE DANGER OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION
Introduction
13. The Intelligence-Policy Nexus, James J. Wirtz
14. Is Politicization Ever a Good Thing?, Joshua Rovner *
PART VI. COVERT ACTION

Introduction
15. Covert Action in Chile, Michael Grow
16. Covert Action: Swampland of American Foreign Policy, Senator Frank Church
17. Drone Warfare, Elke Schwarz *
18. Assassination as an Instrument of American Foreign Policy, Bruce Berkowitz
PART VII. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Introduction
19. The Challenges of Counterintelligence, Paul Redmond
20. Cold War Spies: Why They Spied and How They Got Caught, Stan A. Taylor and Daniel Snow
21. Treachery Inside the CIA, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
PART VIII. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Introduction
22. Intelligence: Welcome to the American Government, Gregory F. Treverton
23. Intelligence and the Rise of Judicial Accountability, Frederic F. Manget
24. Congressional Supervision of America's Secret Agencies: The Church Committee, Loch K. Johnson
25. Forum on the Implication of the Snowden Leaks, Loch K. Johnson, Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran, David M. Barrett, Glenn Hastedt, Robert Jervis, Wolfgang Krieger, Rose McDermott, Sir David Omand, Mark Phythian, Wesley K. Wark *
PART IX. INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 AND WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURES
Introduction
26. 9/11 Intelligence Failure, Kean Commission
27. Spying Blind, Amy B. Zegart
28. Intelligence and the Global Struggle Against ISIS, James J. Wirtz *
29. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq, Paul R. Pillar
30. Intelligence and Homeland Security, James Burch
PART X. INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS
Introduction
31. Soviet Intelligence Activities during the Cold War.., Raymond L. Garthoff *
32. The British Experience with Intelligence, Percy Cradock
33. German Intelligence, Wolfgang Krieger *
U.S. Intelligence Leadership, 1947-2018
Organization of the U.S. Intelligence Community
Intelligence Websites
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Name Index

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Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor.

James J. Wirtz is Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and Director of the Global Center for Security Cooperation, Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese
Fateful Decisions - Edited by Karl F. Inderfurth and Loch K. Johnson
American Foreign Policy and the Challenges of World Leadership - Loch K. Johnson
Spy Watching - Loch K. Johnson
The Threat on the Horizon - Loch K. Johnson
The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence - Edited by Loch K. Johnson

Special Features

  • Articles examine a variety of important, topical issues like surveillance, 9/11, WMDs, homeland security, Edward Snowden, and counterterrorism.
  • Part introductions and chapter abstracts provide context and current examples.
  • Discussion questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key concepts and encourage student participation.
New to this Edition
  • Nine new articles, for a total of thirty-three pieces covering a variety of intelligence topics.
  • New articles focus on a range of important historical and current topics in intelligence, such as the U.S. President's Daily Brief, Social Media Intelligence ("SOCMINT"), drone warfare, Edward Snowden and the implication of leaks, ISIS, and Russian Intelligence.