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Transforming U.S. Intelligence
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Description for Transforming U.S. Intelligence
Paperback. The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 has made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the US intelligence community operates. This title argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence. Editor(s): Sims, Jennifer E.; Gerber, Burton. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the U.S. intelligence community operates. "Transforming U.S. Intelligence" argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather than on its bureaucratic arrangements. In fact, while the recent restructuring, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, may solve some problems, it has also created new ones. The authors of this volume ... Read more
The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the U.S. intelligence community operates. "Transforming U.S. Intelligence" argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather than on its bureaucratic arrangements. In fact, while the recent restructuring, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, may solve some problems, it has also created new ones. The authors of this volume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589010697
SKU
V9781589010697
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About Unknown
Jennifer E. Sims is a visiting professor with the security studies program at Georgetown University. She has served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and in the Department of State as a senior intelligence officer. She has published a number of works on intelligence and arms control, including Icarus Restrained: An Intellectual History of Nuclear Arms Control, 1945-1960. Burton ... Read more
Reviews for Transforming U.S. Intelligence
It would be extremely difficult to find a better team of contributors for a book of this nature. Parameters