Intelligence Analysis

Intelligence Analysis A Target-Centric Approach

CQ Press
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Contents
 
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
 
Preface
 
Introduction
 
I. INTRODUCTION TO TARGET-CENTRIC ANALYSIS
 
1. The Intelligence Process
 
2. Defining the Intelligence Problem
 
3. An Analysis Approach to the Target
 
4. The Analytic Spectrum
 
II. SYNTHESIS: CREATING THE MODEL
 
5. Overview of Models in Intelligence
 
6. Sources of Intelligence Information
 
7. Evaluating and Collating Data
 
8. Collection Strategies
 
9. Denial, Deception, and Signaling
 
III. PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS
 
10. Analytic Methodologies
 
11. Prediction
 
12. Predictive Techniques
 
13. Shaping Forces
 
14. Organizational Analysis
 
15. Technology and Systems Analysis
 
16. The Intelligence Customer
 
17. Managing Analysis
 
Appendix I: A Tale of Two NIEs
 
Appendix II: Example Project Plan
 
Index
 
About the Author
Independent Customer Reviews

This is an excellent source for students and researchers of Intelligence studies.

Mr Ikrom Yakubov
Department of Politics, Dundee University
November 13, 2015
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This is an excellent primary source for students as well as researchers of Intelligence studies.

Mr Ikrom Yakubov
Department of Politics, Dundee University
November 13, 2015
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A highly recommended text for advanced students seeking to master intelligence analysis. An enriching read for any scholar interested in conducting a predictive analysis with a policy advise.

Mrs Beata Kviatek - Simanska
School of Communication, Media, and IT, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
November 21, 2013
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A good update of a well respected text.
The book is packed full of useful information presented in a clear and logical order. It clarifies the issues of dealing with the uncertainties of intelligence analysis in a clear manner

Dr Colin Cartwright
School of Computing and Creative Tech, University of Abertay, Dundee
September 21, 2013
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Although written from the perspective of processing national intelligence, Robert Clark has produced a guide to systematic and rigorous research. Ironically the underlying subject of national defence might just motivate students to read and apply these principles across all their research projects.

Mr Paul Matthews
Business Administration , University College Birmingham
January 29, 2013
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Contributors: 

Robert Morris Clark

Robert M. Clark has more than five decades of U.S. intelligence community experience. A USAF lieutenant colonel (retired), Dr. Clark served as an electronics warfare officer and intelligence officer. At the CIA, he was a senior analyst and group chief responsible for developing analytic methodologies. He was cofounder and CEO of the Scientific and Technical Analysis Corporation, a privately held company serving the U.S. intelligence community. Clark holds an SB from MIT, a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, and a JD from George Washington University. Beyond analyzing wicked intelligence issues, his passion is writing on the topic of intelligence. His books include Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach (5th edition, 2016), The Technical Collection of Intelligence (2010), and Intelligence Collection (2014). He is coauthor, with Dr. William Mitchell, of Target-Centric Network Modeling (2015) and Deception: Counterdeception and Counterintelligence (2019); and coeditor, with Dr. Mark Lowenthal, of Intelligence Collection: The Five Disciplines (2015). Dr. Clark also develops and teaches courses for audiences in academia, national intelligence, and the military. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University teaching graduate courses.