Bibliograph

Intelligence for an age of terror, Gregory F. Treverton

Type

Label

Intelligence for an age of terror, Gregory F. Treverton

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Intelligence for an age of terror

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

437116715

Responsibility statement

Gregory F. Treverton

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

During the Cold War, U.S. intelligence was concerned primarily with states; non-state actors like terrorists were secondary. Now the priorities are reversed and the challenge is enormous. States had an address, and they were hierarchical and bureaucratic. They thus came with some 'story'. Terrorists do not. States were 'over there', but terrorists are there and here. They thus put pressure on intelligence at home, not just abroad. The strength of this book is that it underscores the extent of the change and ranges broadly across data collection and analysis, foreign and domestic, as well as presenting the issues of value that arise as new targets require collecting more information at home.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The changed target -- The Cold War legacy -- The imperative of change -- The agenda ahead -- The special challenge of analysis -- Many customers, too many secrets -- Covert action : forward to the past? -- Rebuilding the social contract

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