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Author Hatlebrekke, Kjetil Anders, author

Title The problem of secret intelligence / Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare
Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Critical Thinking and Intelligence -- 1 Cognition -- 2 Intelligence and Discourse Failure -- Part II Complexity, Secrecy and Intelligence Tribal Language -- 3 Secrecy and Intelligence Tribal Language -- Part III The Case of 9/11: A Theoretical and Refl ective Analysis -- 4 On Collection -- 5 On Analysis -- 6 On Dissemination -- 7 On Action and Decisions by the Intelligence Consumer -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary What is intelligence - why is it so hard to define, and why is there no systematic theory of intelligence? Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke creates a new, systematic model of intelligence analysis, arguing that good intelligence is based on understanding the threats that appear beyond our experience, and are therefore the most dangerous to society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Intelligence service -- Evaluation
Intelligence service -- Evaluation
Form Electronic book
Author Edinburgh University Press.
LC no. 2019302725
ISBN 9780748691845
0748691847
0748691855
9780748691852