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Books : Intelligence Analysis: A Target-centric ApproachIn association with Amazon.comby: Robert M. Clark  List Price: $52.95 Amazon.com's Price: $40.45 You Save: $12.50 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 327.12 EAN: 9781933116938 ISBN: 1933116935 Label: CQ Press Manufacturer: CQ Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 321 Publication Date: September 30, 2006 Publisher: CQ Press Studio: CQ Press Sales Rank: 14273 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: For nearly 50 years, facing a static enemy, American intelligence analysis was based on a hierarchical decision-making process that oftentimes insulated analysts from criticism and interaction with the ultimate consumers of their product. In countering asymmetric threats and non-state adversaries, the model is simply outmoded. A flatter, horizontal, networked solution has proven much more effective in today's world. In his second edition, Robert Clark--former CIA analyst and executive in the Intelligence Directorate--explains how a collaborative, target-centric process both attends to the needs of the customer and promotes more effective collection. Based on feedback from users, early chapters introduce the concept of model synthesis more gradually. Recent intelligence events--with the Iraqi WMD Commission Report at center stage--illustrate the importance of target-centric analysis. This revision also includes broader treatment of collection strategies, systems analysis, and analyst-customer interaction as well as more attention to denial and deception, and to both counterterrorism and counterintelligence analysis. This new edition contains updates of the practical information and day-to-day details from the previous book told as only an experienced intelligence hand could. Extensive descriptions of the art of target modeling and organizational analysis, as well as thoroughly detailed overviews of the quantitative and predictive techniques used in intelligence analysis make this book an essential tool for illuminating an often shadowy world. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Got any Spooks in training? Get a copy of this book!BE WARNED - this book will NOT teach you how to kill a man, overthrow governments or set up a military tribunal at GITMO... if you want to learn how to analyze problems, and see a peek into how the U.S. government analyzes national security information, this book is for you. I've carried around a copy of this book for the last 5 months since my Intel Analysis class ended. I refer to it constantly, whether it be the list of INTs (intelligence disciplines) or targeting methodologies... ... Read More Rating:  - Good content, bad shellThe content of this book, a required reading in my program, is informative. It's a shame however, I had to pay over 40 (!) dollars for this product only to have pages separating from the binding after just a few weeks of use. With such high prices, and for a new book, yet, won't you allocate a portion of the fees you collect towards improving the quality of your merchandise? Rating: - Excellent, but not perfectThis is an excellent work on intelligence analysis, but is not for the layman. Mr. Clark is up front about his target audience, so I went into it knowing that I might struggle a bit. He routinely uses terms and refers to concepts that are somewhat obscure, a glossary would create a huge improvement. But the effort invested in reading this was well rewarded. The title; "Intelligence Analysis: A Target-centric Approach" is misleading. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the ... Read More Rating: - The storage of experience makes it possible to predict futureActually, theory was made from experience of real world. But, when we try to adjust it to real world, it isn't always available. Because during the book was wriitten, the real world was being changed. This book was wriiten by the authors who have experience of Intelligence community and they regreted not to protect attack of terrorists. (i.e. 9/11) I recommend this book them who have seek to the way to keep the security of nation. Rating: - A Handbook for Today's AnalystRobert M. Clark's "Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach" is an up-to-date, practical manual on the conduct of analysis in the context of the current global war on terrorism. This manual is well suited for classroom use for intelligence professionals, whether in the military, in civilian government agencies, or private industry. Clark divides his topic into three principal sections. In the first, he provides a detailed break-down of the target-centric approach as the collaborative, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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