The problem of secret intelligence
What is intelligence--why is it so hard to define, and why is there no systematic theory of intelligence? Classic intelligence analysis is based on an inference between history and the future--and this has led to a restriction in how we can perceive new threats, and new variations of threats. Now, Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke rethinks intelligence analysis, arguing that good intelligence is based on understanding the threats that appear beyond our experience, and are therefore the most dangerous t…
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- Full title :The problem of secret intelligence / Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke.
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What is intelligence--why is it so hard to define, and why is there no systematic theory of intelligence? Classic intelligence analysis is based on an inference between history and the future--and this has led to a restriction in how we can perceive new threats, and new variations of threats. Now, Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke rethinks 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.
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- Publication Date:©2019
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
- Place of Publication:Edinburgh
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2019
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 326 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780748691838, 0748691839, 9781474481830, 1474481833
- oclc:on1057781649
- LC Classification:JF1525.I6
- Dewey Decimal:327.12
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Part 1. Critical thinking and intelligence. Cognition -- Intelligence and discourse failure -- Part 2. Complexity, secrecy and intelligence tribal language -- Part 3 The case of 9/11: a theoretical and reflective analysis. On collection -- On analysis -- On dissemination -- On action and decisions by the intelligence consumer -- Conclusion.
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