Description: Strategic Warning Intelligence by John A. Gentry, Joseph S. Gordon John A. Gentry and Joseph S. Gordon update our understanding of strategic warning intelligence analysis for the twenty-first century. Strategic warning—the process of long-range analysis to alert senior leaders to trending threats and opportunities that require action—is a critical intelligence function. It also is frequently misunderstood and underappreciated. Gentry and Gordon draw on both their practitioner and academic backgrounds to present a history of the strategic warning function in the US intelligence community. In doing so, they outline the capabilities of analytic methods, explain why strategic warning analysis is so hard, and discuss the special challenges strategic warning encounters from senior decision-makers. They also compare how strategic warning functions in other countries, evaluate why the United States has in recent years emphasized current intelligence instead of strategic warning, and recommend warning-related structural and procedural improvements in the US intelligence community. The authors examine historical case studies, including postmortems of warning failures, to provide examples of the analytic points they make. Strategic Warning Intelligence will interest scholars and practitioners and will be an ideal teaching text for intermediate and advanced students. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography John A. Gentry is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and at Columbia Universitys School of International and Public Affairs.Joseph S. Gordon is the Colin Powell Chair for Intelligence Analysis at National Intelligence University, president emeritus of the International Association for Intelligence Education, and was formerly an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Table of Contents ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Concepts of Strategic Warning Intelligence2. Four Classic Warning Cases3. Types of Government Warning Institutions4. The Evolution of U.S., British, Dutch, and NATO Warning Institutions5. Warning Methodological Issues6. The "Indications and Warning" Analytic Method7. Other Warning Analytic Techniques8. Cognitive, Psychological, and Character Issues9. Producers of Warning Intelligence beyond Formal Intelligence Communities10. Dealing with Senior Intelligence Consumers11. Institutional Issues12. The Future of Strategic Warning IntelligenceBibliographyIndex About the Authors Review Students and practitioners of intelligence will gain invaluable insight into a discrete analytic function that is regularly overlooked or misunderstood [from this book]. * International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence *With "Strategic Warning Intelligence: History, Challenges, and Prospects" Professors John A. Gentry and Joseph S. Gordon significantly update our understanding of strategic warning intelligence analysis for the twenty-first century. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Strategic Warning Intelligence" will prove to be of special and enduring interest scholars and practitioners — and will be an ideal teaching text for both intermediate and advanced students. * Midwest Book Review *All told, Gentry and Gordon present an important and valuable work. The analysis, conclusions, and recommendations they provide are well supported by personal experience and rigorous research. Students of intelligence, strategic warning, military and diplomatic decision making, and the history of all three would do well to include this volume in their library. * Air & Space Power Journal (ASPJ) *This books discussion of strategic warning issues, especially how these apply to countering terrorism, make it an important resource for understanding the role of the intelligence community and its analytic methods in effectively addressing the terrorism challenges facing governments. * Perspectives on Terrorism * Promotional "Students and practitioners of intelligence will gain invaluable insight into a discrete analytic function that is regularly overlooked or misunderstood [from this book]." Long Description John A. Gentry and Joseph S. Gordon update our understanding of strategic warning intelligence analysis for the twenty-first century. Strategic warning-the process of long-range analysis to alert senior leaders to trending threats and opportunities that require action-is a critical intelligence function. It also is frequently misunderstood and underappreciated. Gentry and Gordon draw on both their practitioner and academic backgrounds to present a history of the strategic warning function in the US intelligence community. In doing so, they outline the capabilities of analytic methods, explain why strategic warning analysis is so hard, and discuss the special challenges strategic warning encounters from senior decision-makers. They also compare how strategic warning functions in other countries, evaluate why the United States has in recent years emphasized current intelligence instead of strategic warning, and recommend warning-related structural and procedural improvements in the US intelligence community. The authors examine historical case studies, including postmortems of warning failures, to provide examples of the analytic points they make. Strategic Warning Intelligence will interest scholars and practitioners and will be an ideal teaching text for intermediate and advanced students. Review Quote Students and practitioners of intelligence will gain invaluable insight into a discrete analytic function that is regularly overlooked or misunderstood [from this book]. Details ISBN1626166552 Author Joseph S. Gordon Publisher Georgetown University Press Year 2019 ISBN-10 1626166552 ISBN-13 9781626166554 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-03-01 Imprint Georgetown University Press Subtitle History, Challenges, and Prospects Place of Publication Washington, DC Country of Publication United States DEWEY 327.12 Short Title Strategic Warning Intelligence Language English UK Release Date 2019-03-01 NZ Release Date 2019-03-01 US Release Date 2019-03-01 Illustrations 1 Figures; 2 Tables, unspecified Alternative 9781626166547 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2019-02-28 Pages 296 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124328398;
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Author: John A. Gentry, Josephs. Gordon
Publication Name: Strategic Warning Intelligence: History, Challenges, and Prospects
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