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In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing,
all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like
pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and
what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of
intelligence? This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens
our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign
affairs and national security in the United States and United
Kingdom from the early 1940s to the present. The figures profiled
range from famous spy chiefs such as William Donovan, Richard
Helms, and Stewart Menzies to little-known figures such as John
Grombach, who ran an intelligence organization so secret that not
even President Truman knew of it. The volume tries to answer six
questions arising from the spy-chief profiles: how do intelligence
leaders operate in different national, institutional, and
historical contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of
international relations and the making of national security policy?
How much power do they possess? What qualities make an effective
intelligence leader? How secretive and accountable to the public
have they been? Finally, does popular culture (including the media)
distort or improve our understanding of them? Many of those
profiled in the book served at times of turbulent change, were
faced with foreign penetrations of their intelligence service, and
wrestled with matters of transparency, accountability to
democratically elected overseers, and adherence to the rule of law.
This book will appeal to both intelligence specialists and general
readers with an interest in the intelligence history of the United
States and United Kingdom.
In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing,
all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like
pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and
what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of
intelligence? This first volume of Spy Chiefs broadens and deepens
our understanding of the role of intelligence leaders in foreign
affairs and national security in the United States and United
Kingdom from the early 1940s to the present. The figures profiled
range from famous spy chiefs such as William Donovan, Richard
Helms, and Stewart Menzies to little-known figures such as John
Grombach, who ran an intelligence organization so secret that not
even President Truman knew of it. The volume tries to answer six
questions arising from the spy-chief profiles: how do intelligence
leaders operate in different national, institutional, and
historical contexts? What role have they played in the conduct of
international relations and the making of national security policy?
How much power do they possess? What qualities make an effective
intelligence leader? How secretive and accountable to the public
have they been? Finally, does popular culture (including the media)
distort or improve our understanding of them? Many of those
profiled in the book served at times of turbulent change, were
faced with foreign penetrations of their intelligence service, and
wrestled with matters of transparency, accountability to
democratically elected overseers, and adherence to the rule of law.
This book will appeal to both intelligence specialists and general
readers with an interest in the intelligence history of the United
States and United Kingdom.
This book offers a vast conceptual and theoretical exploration of
the ways intelligence analysis must change in order to succeed
against today's most dangerous combatants and most complex
irregular theatres of conflict. Intelligence Analysis: How to Think
in Complex Environments fills a void in the existing literature on
contemporary warfare by examining the theoretical and conceptual
foundations of effective modern intelligence analysis—the type of
analysis needed to support military operations in modern, complex
operational environments. This volume is an expert guide for
rethinking intelligence analysis and understanding the true nature
of the operational environment, adversaries, and most importantly,
the populace. Intelligence Analysis proposes substantive
improvements in the way the U.S. national security system
interprets intelligence, drawing on the groundbreaking work of
theorists ranging from Carl von Clauswitz and Sun Tzu to M.
Mitchell Waldrop, General David Petraeus, Richards Heuer, Jr.,
Orson Scott Card, and others. The new ideas presented here will
help the nation to amass a formidable, cumulative intelligence
power, with distinct advantages over any and all adversaries of the
future regardless of the level of war or type of operational
environment.
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