Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies--An Anthology, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and highly accessible set of thirty-three readings by leading experts in the field. This unique volume features coverage of many topics including methods of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, the danger of intelligence politicization, relationships between intelligence officers and the policymakers they serve, covert action, counterintelligence, accountability and civil liberties, and the global struggle against ISIS.

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*=New to this Edition Preface New to this Edition Acknowledgements About the Editors About the Contributors Preface and Acknowledgments PART I. INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN INTRODUCTION Introduction 1. The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview, Phyllis Provost McNeil *2. Intelligence and the President's Daily Brief, Adrian Wolfberg PART II. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION Introduction 3. The Intelligence Cycle, Arthur S. Hulnick 4. Human Intelligence, Frederick P. Hitz 5. Open Source Intelligence, Stephen C. Mercado *6. Social Media Intelligence, Sir David Omand, Jamie Bartlett, and Carl Miller PART III. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS Introduction 7. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable, Richard K. Betts 8. A Policymaker's Perspective on Intelligence Analysis, Robert D. Blackwill and Jack Davis *9. Intelligence Analysis and American Foreign Policy, Stephen Marrin PART IV. INTELLIGENCE AND THE POLICYMAKER Introduction 10. Intelligence Analysts and Policymakers, Jack Davis 11. Tribal Tongues: Intelligence Consumers, Intelligence Producers, Mark M. Lowenthal 12. The Need for Policy Guidance, Aspin-Brown Commission PART V. THE DANGER OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION Introduction 13. The Intelligence-Policy Nexus, James J. Wirtz *14. Is Politicization Ever a Good Thing?, Joshua Rovner PART VI: COVERT ACTION Introduction 15. Covert Action in Chile, Michael Grow 16. Covert Action: Swampland of American Foreign Policy, Senator Frank Church *17. Drone Warfare, Elke Schwarz 18. Assassination as an Instrument of American Foreign Policy, Bruce Berkowitz PART VII. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE Introduction 19. The Challenges of Counterintelligence, Paul Redmond 20. Cold War Spies: Why They Spied and How They Got Caught, Stan A. Taylor and Daniel Snow 21. Treachery Inside the CIA, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence PART VIII. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES Introduction 22. Intelligence: Welcome to the American Government, Gregory F. Treverton 23. Intelligence and the Rise of Judicial Accountability, Frederic F. Manget 24. Congressional Supervision of America's Secret Agencies: The Church Committee, Loch K. Johnson *25. Forum on the Implication of the Snowden Leaks Loch K. Johnson, Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran, David M. Barrett, Glenn Hastedt, Robert Jervis, Wolfgang Krieger, Rose McDermott, Sir David Omand, Mark Phythian, Wesley K. Wark PART IX. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 AND WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURES Introduction 26. 9/11 Intelligence Failure, Kean Commission 27. Spying Blind, Amy B. Zegart *28. Intelligence and the Global Struggle Against ISIS, James J. Wirtz 29. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq, Paul R. Pillar 30. Intelligence and Homeland Security, James Burch PART X. INTELLIGENCE IN OTHER LANDS Introduction *31. Soviet Intelligence Activities during the Cold War.., Raymond L. Garthoff 32. The British Experience with Intelligence, Percy Cradock *33. German Intelligence, Wolfgang Krieger U.S. Intelligence Leadership, 1947-2018 Organization of the U.S. Intelligence Community Intelligence Websites Glossary Select Bibliography Name Index